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Berwind, West Virginia

Community in McDowell County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Berwind

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 39 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Berwind

0.12 in in the last 24 hours, 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Berwind, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Berwind RAWSBRWW2

A remote fire weather station/1.8 mi away/1,660 ft/173 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank473of 711

PinevilleI16

At an airfield/23.8 mi away/1,785 ft/298 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank103of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Eckman 1.1 NWWV-MD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.4 mi away/1,562 ft/75 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BluefieldBLFW2

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/2,516 ft/1,029 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Pineville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.8 mi from Berwind, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,400 ft, scattered at 4,200 ft, broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pineville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. A THE SKY OVER PINEVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPineville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Pineville: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. B THE AIR AT PINEVILLETHE 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 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 64.4 FSPREAD 11.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLEPineville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 1,785 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.04 inHg and the temperature at 52.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.01 inHg means its barometer reads 28.12 inHg; it reports 76.0 F, 23.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Pineville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,785 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.04 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.01 and the station pressure it means, 28.12.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. D WHERE PINEVILLE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPINEVILLE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,785 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.04 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.01 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.12 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLEPineville, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Pineville, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Berwind

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