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Beech Bottom, West Virginia

Village in Brooke County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Beech Bottom

Index 5, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Wheeling (WV), 8 miles off.

5Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-14 mi
  • Ozone5Good1 ppb8.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Beech Bottom

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Beech Bottom, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Beech Bottom, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wellsburg 0.7 ESEWV-BK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/1,018 ft/321 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wheeling/Ohio Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.6 mi from Beech Bottom, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Wheeling/Ohio Co., height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHEELING/OHIO CO.SECTION, 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 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

65.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 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 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheeling/Ohio Co.: temperature 65.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 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 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. B THE AIR AT WHEELING/OHIO CO.THE 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 63.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 65.0 F, 64.0 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 POINTTITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wheeling/Ohio Co., north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 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 HLGFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEELING/OHIO CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wheeling/Ohio 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

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

Near Beech Bottom

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

Near Beech Bottom

River and lake gauges