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Fort Ashby, West Virginia

Community in Mineral County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Fort Ashby

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Western Maryland (MD), 11 miles off.

6Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Ashby

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Ashby, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Fort Ashby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Pinnacle LookoutPLKW2

At a fire lookout or ranger station/18.4 mi away/3,061 ft/2,348 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank115of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Springfield 0.3 ENEWV-HM-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/726 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RomneyROMW2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/735 ft/22 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank402of 711

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW4850, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.1 mi from Fort Ashby, West Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW4850, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4850FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW4850PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW4850, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4850TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4850-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 610 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.27 inHg and the temperature at 56.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.03 inHg means its barometer reads 29.37 inHg; it reports 58.0 F, 1.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW4850 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 610 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.27 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.03 and the station pressure it means, 29.37.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4850FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW4850 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW48502 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT610 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.27 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.03 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.37 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLECitizen station GW4850, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4850TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4850-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 39.48 N, and the day is 10 h 60 min long. Level ground there takes 66 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW4850, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 60 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4850FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW4850ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 60 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 66 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.48 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW4850, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4850TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4850-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW4850, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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Near Fort Ashby

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Near Fort Ashby

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