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Cowen, West Virginia

Town in Webster County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Cowen

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 35 miles off.

41Good
  • Ozone41Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Cowen

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.93 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.93in

Visibility

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

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cowen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sutton48I

At an airfield/19.8 mi away/1,270 ft/967 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank138of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Hacker ValleyHVAW2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.0 mi away/1,152 ft/1,085 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sutton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.8 mi from Cowen, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,200 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Sutton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,200 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLESutton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-48I-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 59.7 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 1,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Sutton: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.7, 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 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 59.7 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-48I-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sutton, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESutton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Cowen

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

Near Cowen

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