Temperature
73 F at 4 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 73F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 3 AM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field
Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field, West Virginia
Medium airport in Monongalia County, West Virginia72°
75°/66°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (79%).
Now. Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field is 72° and mostly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (60%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
79%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
72feels72
20%
Today
Oct 16
7566
91%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5041
60%
Sun
Oct 18
5832
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6336
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6539
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6742
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6743
mostly clear day
72°
75°66°
50°41°
58°32°
63°36°
65°39°
67°42°
67°43°
As of 5:00 AM in Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 1 mile off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-23.3 mi
- Ozone26Good28 ppb0.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 9%
Visibility
How far you can see at Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field, the next 40 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MGW
- ICAO
- KMGW
- IATA
- MGW
- Field elevation
- 1,248 ft
- Serves
- Morgantown
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MGW
- Wind now
- From 200° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,199 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | 8 mph head, on 18 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Morgantown/Hart Fld (MGW), Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 79% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 4 AM to 96% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 79%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the south southwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.90 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.25 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.90inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.25inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 12 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.30 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.30 in, in the hour to 11 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.30in
- Wettest hour
- 0.30in
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Morgantown/Hart Fld: 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 Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field, 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,247 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coopers Rock State ForestCRFW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.1 mi away/2,283 ft/1,035 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Morgantown 0.6 EWV-MG-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/1,218 ft/30 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Morgantown DamMOEW2
At a dam/3.2 mi away/787 ft/461 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in West Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Morgantowncity, 2 mi
- Brookhavencommunity, 2 mi
- Cheat Lakecommunity, 3 mi
- Westovercity, 3 mi
- Star Citytown, 4 mi
- Granvilletown, 4 mi
- Osagecommunity, 5 mi
- Boothcommunity, 6 mi
- Cassvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Masontowntown, 9 mi
- Reedsvilletown, 11 mi
- Arthurdalecommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field
- North Central West Virginia AirportCKB, 29 mi
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 48 mi
- Elkins-Randolph County Regional AirportEKN, 52 mi
- Wheeling Ohio County AirportHLG, 53 mi
- Grant County AirportW99, 61 mi
- Braxton County Airport48I, 77 mi
- Mid Ohio Valley Regional AirportPKB, 84 mi
- Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd FieldMRB, 104 mi