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Green Bank, West Virginia

Community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Green Bank

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Harrisonburg (VA), 52 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

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 Green Bank

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.77 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
0.77in

Visibility

How far you can see at Green Bank, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Green Bank, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dunmore 1NDMRW2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/2,507 ft/160 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Elkins/Randolph Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.0 mi from Green Bank, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:01 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,600 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Elkins/Randolph Fld, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,600 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELKINS/RANDOLPH FLDSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEElkins/Randolph Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EKNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.

Chart of the air at Elkins/Randolph Fld: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKNFIG. B THE AIR AT ELKINS/RANDOLPH FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 67.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEElkins/Randolph Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elkins/Randolph Fld, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKNFIG. C THE WIND AT ELKINS/RANDOLPH FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElkins/Randolph Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EKN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Elkins/Randolph Fld, in 6 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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