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Helen, West Virginia

Community in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Helen

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Giles Co. (VA), 38 miles off.

21Good
  • Ozone21Good-

Smoke, the next 43 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 Helen

0.90 in in the last 24 hours, 2.00 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.90in
Last 3 days
2.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Helen, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Helen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PinevilleI16

At an airfield/13.7 mi away/1,785 ft/145 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank103of 711

Eads MillsEAMW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.8 mi away/2,057 ft/417 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank562of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Beckley 2.4 SSWWV-RL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/2,588 ft/948 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

V A HospitalBCKW2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/2,362 ft/722 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank704of 711

Station report

The weather at Pineville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Helen, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 100 ft, overcast at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 2.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Pineville, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 2.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. A THE SKY OVER PINEVILLESECTION, 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 SKYBKN 100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 2.5 MI0510TITLEPineville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.3 F with a dew point of 69.3 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Pineville: temperature 69.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.3, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. B THE AIR AT PINEVILLETHE 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 GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.3 F, 69.3 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 POINTTITLEPineville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 1,785 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.04 inHg and the temperature at 52.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.09 inHg means its barometer reads 28.20 inHg; it reports 69.3 F, 16.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Pineville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,785 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.04 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.09 and the station pressure it means, 28.20.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. D WHERE PINEVILLE 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 ATMOSPHEREPINEVILLE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,785 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 HERE28.04 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.09 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.20 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.3 FTITLEPineville, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Pineville, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at V A Hospital (BCKW2), 12.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Helen

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

Near Helen

River and lake gauges