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Bolt, West Virginia

Community in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Bolt

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 42 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bolt

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 1.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
1.50in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 3 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bolt, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Lick KnobLKNW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/2,703 ft/701 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank484of 711

PinevilleI16

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/1,785 ft/217 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Beckley 2.5 SWWV-RL-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/2,532 ft/530 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

V A HospitalBCKW2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/2,362 ft/360 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank704of 711

Station report

The weather at Pineville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.0 mi from Bolt, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Pineville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEPineville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-I16-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Pineville: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.0 F, 49.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-I16-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, 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 30.14 inHg means its barometer reads 28.25 inHg; it reports 51.0 F, 1.6 F colder 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 30.14 and the station pressure it means, 28.25.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 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, REPORTED30.14 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.25 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED51.0 FTITLEPineville, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at V A Hospital (BCKW2), 12.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Bolt

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

Near Bolt

River and lake gauges