Parks/West Virginia/Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, West Virginia

State Park in Pocahontas County, West Virginia

62° 69°/61°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSW

Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (64%).

Now. Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is 62° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 10 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 40°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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

6Air quality

97%Humidity

81%Cloud

Now

12:00 AM

62feels62

12%

Today

Oct 16

6961

85%

21mph

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

4035

80%

21mph

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

5130

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

5534

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

5840

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

5942

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

5841

UV 6

62°

69°61°

40°35°

51°30°

55°34°

58°40°

59°42°

58°41°

As of 12:00 AM in Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, West Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 54 miles off.

6Good

Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

GoodModerate

34YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.13in
Last 3 days: 0.57in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 23%

Visibility

How far you can see at Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 1 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.17 sq mi
Height at its point: 4,678 ft
County: Pocahontas County
State: West Virginia
Latitude: 38.4523° N
Longitude: 79.9243° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Huttonsville 4SE Rain383828079544901

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.8 mi away/3,198 ft/1,480 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW5272GW5272

In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.7 mi away/2,024 ft/2,654 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Elkins/Randolph FldEKN

At an airfield/30.2 mi away/1,998 ft/2,680 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

SnowshoeSNOW2