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Gassaway, West Virginia

Town in Braxton County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Gassaway

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Charleston (WV), 51 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone4Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Gassaway

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Gassaway, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 3 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gassaway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Sutton48I

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/1,270 ft/356 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank138of 711

measured daily2 instruments

GassawayGASW2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/840 ft/74 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank56of 711

Sutton 5.9 SSEWV-BX-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/1,780 ft/866 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sutton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Gassaway, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Sutton, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 8 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 7,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 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-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sutton: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.0 F, 69.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sutton, 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 48IFIG. C THE WIND AT SUTTONPLAN, 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 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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