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Junior, West Virginia

Town in Barbour County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Junior

Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 46 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 Junior

0.27 in in the last 24 hours, 0.88 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.27in
Last 3 days
0.88in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Junior, 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 now4 instruments

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/26.0 mi away/3,390 ft/1,575 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank374of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Norton 0.1 NWWV-RD-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/1,986 ft/171 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BuckhannonBKNW2

At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/1,427 ft/388 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank28of 711

Station report

The weather at Elkins/Randolph Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.2 mi from Junior, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:36 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,900 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 6,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Elkins/Randolph Fld, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 6,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEElkins/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, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 67.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Elkins/Randolph Fld: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,900 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 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,900 FTTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 67.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 (140 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Elkins/Randolph Fld, north up: blowing from 140 degrees, the southeast, at 7 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 140°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 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

Measured at Buckhannon (BKNW2), 14.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near Junior

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

Near Junior

River and lake gauges