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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/North Central West Virginia Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (78%).
Now. North Central West Virginia Airport is 71° and light rain at 4 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in North Central West Virginia Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 29 miles off.
Yesterday measured 16, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
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.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 7,800 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 23° / 203° | 7 mph head, on 21 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Clarksburg/Benedum (CKB), North Central West Virginia Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
74 F at 3 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
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.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
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.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.92 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
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
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
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
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.