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Comfort, West Virginia

Community in Boone County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Comfort

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 15 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Comfort

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.59in

Visibility

How far you can see at Comfort, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Comfort, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ashford 0.7 NWWV-BN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/664 ft/505 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MadisonMADW2

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/1,250 ft/81 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Charleston/Kanawha, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Comfort, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:24 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 400 ft, broken at 800 ft, overcast at 1,700 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Charleston/Kanawha, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

50.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Charleston/Kanawha: temperature 50.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 50.0 F, 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Charleston/Kanawha, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CRWFIG. C THE WIND AT CHARLESTON/KANAWHAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECharleston/Kanawha, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CRWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-CRW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Charleston/Kanawha, 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 Comfort

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

Near Comfort

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