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Chelyan, West Virginia

Community in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Chelyan

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 13 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good12.4 mi
  • Ozone17Good19 ppb12.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Chelyan

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Chelyan, 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/3.0 mi away/598 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LocksLONW2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/804 ft/184 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank395of 711

Station report

The weather at Charleston/Kanawha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Chelyan, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:54 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,300 ft, overcast at 4,100 ft; the ceiling is 4,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Charleston/Kanawha, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, the ceiling at 4,100 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,300 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Charleston/Kanawha: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,300 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 51.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,300 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 981 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.88 inHg and the temperature at 55.5 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.00 inHg means its barometer reads 28.95 inHg; it reports 60.0 F, 4.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Charleston/Kanawha stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 981 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.88 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.5 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.00 and the station pressure it means, 28.95.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. D WHERE CHARLESTON/KANAWHA 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 ATMOSPHERECHARLESTON/KANAWHA3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT981 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 HERE28.88 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.5 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.00 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.95 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.0 FTITLECharleston/Kanawha, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CRW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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