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Baxter, West Virginia

Community in Marion County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Baxter

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 14 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-20.9 mi
  • Ozone8Good6 ppb13.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baxter

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.97 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.97in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Baxter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rivesville 0.1 SWV-MA-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/898 ft/69 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

FairmontFRTW2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,217 ft/250 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank55of 711

Station report

The weather at Morgantown/Hart Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Baxter, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:12 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,000 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Morgantown/Hart Fld, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MORGANTOWN/HART FLDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-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 66.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Morgantown/Hart Fld: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. B THE AIR AT MORGANTOWN/HART FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Morgantown/Hart Fld, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. C THE WIND AT MORGANTOWN/HART FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Morgantown/Hart Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Baxter

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

Near Baxter

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