Parks/West Virginia/Bluestone State Park

Bluestone State Park, West Virginia

State Park in Summers County, West Virginia

69° 77°/66°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 69°·Light air 3 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (61%).

Now. Bluestone State Park is 69° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

24Air quality

86%Humidity

71%Cloud

Now

1:00 AM

69feels69

Today

Oct 16

7766

71%

12mph

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

5044

75%

12mph

Sun

Oct 18

5736

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

6138

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6442

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

6745

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

6645

UV 6

69°

77°66°

50°44°

57°36°

61°38°

64°42°

67°45°

66°45°

As of 1:00 AM in Bluestone State Park, West Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Bluestone State Park

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Giles Co. (VA), 23 miles off.

24Good

Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

GoodModerate

43YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bluestone State Park

1.20 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 1.20in
Last 3 days: 1.70in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 71%

Visibility

How far you can see at Bluestone State Park, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 PM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 1.17 sq mi
Height at its point: 1,976 ft
County: Summers County
State: West Virginia
Latitude: 37.6139° N
Longitude: 80.9473° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bluestone State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station GW3830GW3830

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/2,980 ft/1,004 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bluestone River Near Pipestem03179000

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/1,527 ft/449 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Beckley MemorialBKW

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/2,513 ft/537 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

At Bluestone Lake CoopBLUW2