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Fort Gay, West Virginia

Town in Wayne County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Fort Gay

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Huntington (WV), 23 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate23.1 mi
  • Ozone25Good21 ppb23.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Gay

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.94in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Gay, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fort Gay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

WayneWYMW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/892 ft/331 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank477of 711

measured daily2 instruments

DamELYW2

At a dam/11.5 mi away/807 ft/246 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank7of 711

Station report

The weather at Huntington/Tri Stat, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.2 mi from Fort Gay, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Huntington/Tri Stat, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSFIG. A THE SKY OVER HUNTINGTON/TRI STATSECTION, 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 SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHuntington/Tri Stat, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HTSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Huntington/Tri Stat: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSFIG. B THE AIR AT HUNTINGTON/TRI STATTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.1 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEHuntington/Tri Stat, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Huntington/Tri Stat, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HTSFIG. C THE WIND AT HUNTINGTON/TRI STATPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHuntington/Tri Stat, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HTSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HTS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Huntington/Tri Stat, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Dam (ELYW2), 11.5 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 Fort Gay

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

Near Fort Gay

River and lake gauges