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Glen Dale, West Virginia

City in Marshall County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Glen Dale

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Moundsville (WV), 3 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate2.5 mi
  • Ozone-25 ppb11.7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Glen Dale

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Glen Dale, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 2 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Glen Dale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

MoundsvilleMOUW2

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/699 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank463of 711

Station report

The weather at Wheeling/Ohio Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.6 mi from Glen Dale, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wheeling/Ohio Co., height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWheeling/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

72.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheeling/Ohio Co.: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 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, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,500 FTTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 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 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (240 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheeling/Ohio Co., north up: blowing from 240 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light 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 240°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG 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

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Snow on the ground

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