Citizen station GW5279GW5279
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,081 ft/68 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/West Virginia/Lost Creek
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 3 PM (64%).
Now. Lost Creek is 69° and mostly cloudy at 8 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:41 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:38 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in Lost Creek, West Virginia.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 41 miles off.
Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, 1.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lost Creek, West VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Lost Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW5279GW5279
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/1,081 ft/68 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
ClarksburgCLMW2
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/1,270 ft/121 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/11.2 mi away/1,204 ft/55 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lost Creek 1.3 NWWV-HS-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/1,060 ft/89 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ClarksburgCLKW2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/1,063 ft/86 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Lost Creek, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
71.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.
From the south (190 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.
-
Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.