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Bluewell, West Virginia

Community in Mercer County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Bluewell

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Wythe Co. (VA), 27 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 Bluewell

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.46in

Visibility

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

Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bluewell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Eads MillsEAMW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/15.4 mi away/2,057 ft/552 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank562of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Bluefield 1.9 WWV-MC-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/2,518 ft/91 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BluefieldBLFW2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/2,516 ft/93 ft below 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, 3.1 mi from Bluewell, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,600 ft, scattered at 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bluefield/Mercer Co, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

75.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Bluefield/Mercer Co: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,600 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 F90 FSATURATES 3,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,600 FTTEMPERATURE 75.0 FDEW POINT 60.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 (250 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bluefield/Mercer Co, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG 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

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