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Cheat Lake, West Virginia

Community in Monongalia County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Cheat Lake

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 3 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-24.9 mi
  • Ozone23Good25 ppb2.8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cheat Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cheat Lake, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cheat Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Morgantown 5.1 ENEWV-MG-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,253 ft/224 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Morgantown/Hart Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Cheat Lake, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Morgantown/Hart Fld, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. A THE SKY OVER MORGANTOWN/HART FLDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Morgantown/Hart Fld: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MGWFIG. B THE AIR AT MORGANTOWN/HART FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 69.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-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 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Morgantown/Hart Fld, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 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 MGWFIG. C THE WIND AT MORGANTOWN/HART FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMorgantown/Hart Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MGWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MGW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Morgantown/Hart Fld, 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 Cheat Lake

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

Near Cheat Lake

River and lake gauges