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Greenbrier Valley Airport, West Virginia

Medium airport in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Greenbrier Valley Airport

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 13 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good36 ppb13.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Greenbrier Valley Airport

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.68 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.68in

Visibility

How far you can see at Greenbrier Valley Airport, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSatSun

Airfield

Code
LWB
ICAO
KLWB
IATA
LWB
Field elevation
2,302 ft
Serves
Lewisburg
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
LWB
Wind now
From 230° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:45

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
04 / 227,003 ft150 ftAsphalt35° / 215°9 mph head, on 222 mph from the right
04222,000 ftN230° 9 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 Lewisburg/Greenbrie (LWB), Greenbrier Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

73 F at 10 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 10 AM, and 66 F at its coolest, 7 AM.

Now
73F
10 AM
Highest
73F
10 AM
Lowest
66F
7 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, temperature from 65.6 to 73.4, the latest 73.4; dew point from 65.6 to 71.6, the latest 66.2, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF64666870727412 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 66 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 78% at 10 AM to 100% at 12 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
66F
10 AM
Humidity now
78%
Humidity, range
78 to 100%
Relative humidity at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, relative humidity from 78 to 100, the latest 78, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%70809010012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Wind

9 mph from the southwest at 10 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.

Now
9mph
from the southwest
Strongest
9mph
10 AM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, wind from 0 to 9, the latest 9, in miles an hour.WINDmph02.557.51012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM
Wind direction at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, wind direction from 140 to 240, the latest 230, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°09018027036012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Pressure

30.00 inHg at 10 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.19 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.00inHg
10 AM
3 hours
-0.03inHg
falling
24 hours
-0.19inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, pressure, altimeter from 30.00 to 30.19, the latest 30.00, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.2012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Visibility

Down to 0.3 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
0.3mi
10 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
1
Visibility at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, visibility from 0.3 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.51012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
500ft
7 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
19
Lowest cloud base at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, lowest cloud base from 500 to 6,000, the latest 4,100, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,00012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AMMVFRVFR

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

Precipitation

0.12 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.08 in, in the hour to 8 PM Thursday.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Wettest hour
0.08in
8 PM Thursday
Hours with some
2
Precipitation at Lewisburg/Greenbrie, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.08, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.1012 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM9 AM

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

Lewisburg/Greenbrie: 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 Greenbrier Valley Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lewisburg/GreenbrieLWB

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/2,303 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

AldersonALRW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/1,558 ft/744 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

White Sulphur SpringsWSUW2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,906 ft/396 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Falling Spring 2.7 NWWV-GB-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/2,459 ft/157 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at White Sulphur Springs (WSUW2), 6.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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Near Greenbrier Valley Airport

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Near Greenbrier Valley Airport