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Craigsville, West Virginia

Community in Nicholas County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Craigsville

Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 29 miles off.

39Good
  • Ozone39Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Craigsville

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 1.45 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
1.45in

Visibility

How far you can see at Craigsville, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Craigsville, 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

Sutton48I

At an airfield/24.9 mi away/1,270 ft/1,049 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank138of 711

measured daily2 instruments

LakeSUMW2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/1,667 ft/652 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank33of 711

Station report

The weather at Sutton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.9 mi from Craigsville, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,000 ft, scattered at 3,900 ft, broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 1.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Sutton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 1.5 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1.5 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

72.3 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sutton: temperature 72.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,000 FTTEMPERATURE 72.3 FDEW POINT 66.0 FSPREAD 6.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sutton, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate 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 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 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

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