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Fairchance, Pennsylvania

Borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Air quality

The air at Fairchance

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 15 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-23.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good30 ppb14.6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairchance

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fairchance, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Fairchance, PennsylvaniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fairchance, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Smithfield 0.5 ESEPA-FY-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/999 ft/88 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Connellsville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Fairchance, Pennsylvania. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Connellsville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VVSFIG. A THE SKY OVER CONNELLSVILLESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEConnellsville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VVSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VVS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

73.8 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Connellsville: temperature 73.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VVSFIG. B THE AIR AT CONNELLSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.8 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 7.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEConnellsville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VVSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VVS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 15 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Connellsville, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 15 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VVSFIG. C THE WIND AT CONNELLSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEConnellsville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VVSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VVS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Connellsville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania

24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Fairchance

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Fairchance

River and lake gauges