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North Central West Virginia Airport, West Virginia

Medium airport in Harrison County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at North Central West Virginia Airport

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 29 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 16, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Central West Virginia Airport

None in the last 24 hours; 1.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Central West Virginia Airport, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
CKB
ICAO
KCKB
IATA
CKB
Field elevation
1,217 ft
Serves
Bridgeport
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
CKB
Wind now
From 190° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
03 / 217,800 ft150 ftAsphalt23° / 203°7 mph head, on 212 mph from the left
03212,500 ftN190° 7 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Clarksburg/Benedum (CKB), North Central West Virginia Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

74 F at 3 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.

Now
74F
3 AM
Highest
74F
3 AM
Lowest
60F
7 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Clarksburg/Benedum, temperature from 60.0 to 74.0, the latest 74.0; dew point from 57.0 to 69.0, the latest 67.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF55606570756 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 67 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 3 PM Thursday to 95% at 6 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
67F
3 AM
Humidity now
79%
Humidity, range
79 to 95%
Relative humidity at Clarksburg/Benedum, relative humidity from 79 to 95, the latest 79, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%75808590956 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

11 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 23 mph at 3 AM.

Now
11mph
from the south southwest
Strongest
11mph
3 AM
Highest gust
23mph
3 AM
Wind at Clarksburg/Benedum, wind from 1 to 11, the latest 11, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.51012.56 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Wind direction at Clarksburg/Benedum, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 210, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

29.92 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.92inHg
3 AM
3 hours
-0.05inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.20inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Clarksburg/Benedum, pressure, altimeter from 29.92 to 30.14, the latest 29.92, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9030.0030.1030.206 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 2 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
2mi
8 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Clarksburg/Benedum, visibility from 2.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
400ft
6 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
23
Lowest cloud base at Clarksburg/Benedum, lowest cloud base from 400 to 6,500, the latest 6,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0008,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
0.00in
10 PM Thursday
Hours with some
3
Precipitation at Clarksburg/Benedum, precipitation from 0.00 to trace, the latest trace, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Clarksburg/Benedum: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest North Central West Virginia Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Clarksburg/BenedumCKB

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,204 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

ClarksburgCLMW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/1,270 ft/53 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bridgeport 0.3 EWV-HS-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/1,056 ft/161 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ClarksburgCLKW2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.8 mi away/1,063 ft/154 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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