Temperature
73 F at 2 AM; 75 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 69 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 75F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 69F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Yeager Airport
Yeager Airport, West Virginia
Medium airport in Kanawha County, West Virginia71°
77°/67°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Light air 3 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (56%).
Now. Yeager Airport is 71° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
94%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
71feels71
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7767
69%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5543
59%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
6034
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6538
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6641
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6943
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7044
mostly clear day
71°
77°67°
55°43°
60°34°
65°38°
66°41°
69°43°
70°44°
As of 3:00 AM in Yeager Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Yeager Airport
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 3 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
- Ozone4Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Yeager Airport
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 13%
Visibility
How far you can see at Yeager Airport, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CRW
- ICAO
- KCRW
- IATA
- CRW
- Field elevation
- 981 ft
- Serves
- Charleston
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- CRW
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 6,715 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 47° / 227° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Charleston/Kanawha (CRW), Yeager Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 71 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 87% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 71F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 87 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south at 2 AM; at its strongest 5 mph, 12 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 5mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.95 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.13 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.95inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.13inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 4 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 4
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 0 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 0ft
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 4 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 4 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Charleston/Kanawha: 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 Yeager Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/981 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rlx Weather Service Forecast OfficeRLXW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.9 mi away/994 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Charleston 3.3 NNEWV-KN-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/747 ft/234 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/696 ft/285 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Rlx Weather Service Forecast Office (RLXW2), 7.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Yeager Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Charlestoncity, 3 mi
- Big Chimneycommunity, 4 mi
- Coal Forkcommunity, 5 mi
- Maldencommunity, 5 mi
- Pinchcommunity, 6 mi
- Randcommunity, 7 mi
- South Charlestoncity, 7 mi
- Dupont Citycommunity, 8 mi
- Elkviewcommunity, 8 mi
- Dunbarcity, 8 mi
- Sissonvillecommunity, 9 mi
- West Dunbarcommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Yeager Airport
- Logan County Airport6L4, 40 mi
- Raleigh County Memorial AirportBKW, 48 mi
- Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldHTS, 52 mi
- Kee FieldI16, 53 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 55 mi
- Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportPKB, 68 mi
- Greenbrier Valley AirportLWB, 74 mi
- Mercer County AirportBLF, 77 mi