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Belle, West Virginia

Town in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Belle

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 9 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate9.2 mi
  • Ozone34Good39 ppb9.2 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Belle

None in the last 24 hours; 0.76 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.76in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Belle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Chesapeake 0.1 EWV-KN-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/598 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LocksLONW2

At a cooperative observer's station/9.6 mi away/804 ft/199 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank395of 711

Station report

The weather at Charleston/Kanawha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Belle, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 3,600 ft, broken at 4,800 ft, broken at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 3,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Charleston/Kanawha, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 7,500 feet, the ceiling at 3,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHARLESTON/KANAWHASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 7,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Charleston/Kanawha: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. B THE AIR AT CHARLESTON/KANAWHATHE 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 F90 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLECharleston/Kanawha, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Charleston/Kanawha, north up: 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 CRWFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLESTON/KANAWHAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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