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Clay, West Virginia

Town in Clay County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Clay

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 31 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clay

0.37 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.37in
Last 3 days
1.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clay, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Clay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sutton48I

At an airfield/27.9 mi away/1,270 ft/364 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank185of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Clay 0.2 WSWWV-CY-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/751 ft/155 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

LakeSUMW2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/1,667 ft/761 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank32of 711

Station report

The weather at Sutton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 27.9 mi from Clay, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 7:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,900 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 3,600 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sutton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,600 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 48IFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUTTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESutton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-48I-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

46.8 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Sutton: temperature 46.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 48IFIG. B THE AIR AT SUTTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.8 F, 44.0 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 POINTTITLESutton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-48I-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sutton, north up: at 6 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 48IFIG. C THE WIND AT SUTTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESutton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-48I-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sutton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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