Temperature
74 F at 3 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 2 AM, and 60 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 74F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 2 AM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/West Virginia/Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport
Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport, West Virginia
Medium airport in Wood County, West Virginia72°
73°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 1 PM (74%).
Now. Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport is 72° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (58%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:46 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:42 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. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
76%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
72feels72
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7365
86%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5542
58%
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6134
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6537
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6839
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6941
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6941
mostly clear day
72°
73°65°
55°42°
61°34°
65°37°
68°39°
69°41°
69°41°
As of 4:00 AM in Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport, West Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Parkersburg (WV), 6 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 1.45 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
- 1.45in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- PKB
- ICAO
- KPKB
- IATA
- PKB
- Field elevation
- 858 ft
- Serves
- Parkersburg (Williamstown)
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PKB
- Wind now
- From 210° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 7,240 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 22° / 202° | 10 mph head, on 21 | 1 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 4,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 95° / 275° | 4 mph head, on 28 | 9 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Parkersburg (PKB), Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 76% saturated; the humidity ran from 76% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 11 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 76%
- Humidity, range
- 76 to 97%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the south southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 1 AM, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 9mph
- 1 AM
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.89 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.89inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.23inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 9 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 1 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 1 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Parkersburg: 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 Mid Ohio Valley Regional 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
ParkersburgPKB
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/804 ft/54 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
WalkerWKEW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/912 ft/54 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Williamstown 0.3 SSWWV-WD-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/638 ft/220 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ParkersburgPARW2
At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/561 ft/297 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 Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boazcommunity, 3 mi
- Waverlycommunity, 3 mi
- Williamstowncity, 4 mi
- North Hillstown, 4 mi
- Viennacity, 6 mi
- Parkersburgcity, 9 mi
- Belmontcity, 10 mi
- Kanawhacommunity, 10 mi
- Mineralwellscommunity, 12 mi
- Blennerhassettcommunity, 12 mi
- Lubeckcommunity, 13 mi
- St. Maryscity, 13 mi
Airports near Mid Ohio Valley Regional Airport
- Braxton County Airport48I, 62 mi
- North Central West Virginia AirportCKB, 65 mi
- Upshur County Regional AirportW22, 67 mi
- Yeager AirportCRW, 68 mi
- Wheeling Ohio County AirportHLG, 71 mi
- Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart FieldMGW, 84 mi
- Elkins-Randolph County Regional AirportEKN, 90 mi
- Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson FieldHTS, 91 mi