Parks/West Virginia/Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, West Virginia

State Park in Pocahontas County, West Virginia

66° 74°/65°

Mostly cloudy· Feels like 66°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SSW

Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (63%).

Now. Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is 66° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 9 mph, gusting to 19 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° 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 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 45°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 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

6Air quality

97%Humidity

82%Cloud

Now

12:00 AM

66feels66

12%

Today

Oct 16

7465

85%

21mph

UV 6

Sat

Oct 17

4540

79%

21mph

Sun

Oct 18

5634

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

6038

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

6344

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

6446

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

6345

UV 6

66°

74°65°

45°40°

56°34°

60°38°

63°44°

64°46°

63°45°

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

Air quality

The air at Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 51 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 Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.15in
Last 3 days: 0.59in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 25%

Visibility

How far you can see at Whitaker Station 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: 2,130,000 sq ft
Height at its point: 3,347 ft
County: Pocahontas County
State: West Virginia
Latitude: 38.4054° N
Longitude: 79.9528° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Whitaker Station 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 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Marlinton RAWSMARW2

A remote fire weather station/13.3 mi away/3,133 ft/214 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW5272GW5272

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.8 mi away/2,024 ft/1,323 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Elkins/Randolph FldEKN

At an airfield/33.6 mi away/1,998 ft/1,349 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

SnowshoeSNOW2