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Anawalt, West Virginia

Town in McDowell County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Anawalt

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 33 miles off.

6Good
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Anawalt

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.52 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.52in

Visibility

How far you can see at Anawalt, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Anawalt, West VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Anawalt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Eckman 1.1 NWWV-MD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/1,562 ft/178 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BluefieldBLFW2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/2,516 ft/776 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bluefield/Mercer Co, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from Anawalt, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bluefield/Mercer Co, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLUEFIELD/MERCER COSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Bluefield/Mercer Co: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. B THE AIR AT BLUEFIELD/MERCER COTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bluefield/Mercer Co, north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. C THE WIND AT BLUEFIELD/MERCER COPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bluefield/Mercer Co, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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Near Anawalt

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