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Follansbee, West Virginia

City in Brooke County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Follansbee

Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Weirton (WV), 7 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good6.7 mi
  • Ozone22Good23 ppb6.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Follansbee

None in the last 24 hours; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Follansbee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Tomlinson RunTMRW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.5 mi away/1,129 ft/419 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank153of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Follansbee 0.2 SEWV-BK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/735 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wheeling/Ohio Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Follansbee, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:10 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 800 ft, broken at 1,900 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Wheeling/Ohio Co., height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHEELING/OHIO CO.SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 800 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheeling/Ohio Co.: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. B THE AIR AT WHEELING/OHIO CO.THE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 17 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 36 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheeling/Ohio Co., north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 17 miles an hour, gusting 36; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEELING/OHIO CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 36 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wheeling/Ohio Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at New Cumberland Dam (NCUW2), 13.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Follansbee

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

Near Follansbee

River and lake gauges