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MacArthur, West Virginia

Community in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at MacArthur

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 33 miles off.

27Good
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at MacArthur

None in the last 24 hours; 1.55 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.55in

Visibility

How far you can see at MacArthur, the next 45 hours

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

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest MacArthur, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Grandview RAWSGRNW2

A remote fire weather station/9.6 mi away/2,490 ft/126 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank107of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Beckley 2.4 SSWWV-RL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,588 ft/224 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

V A HospitalBCKW2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/2,362 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank704of 711

Station report

The weather at Beckley Memorial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from MacArthur, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 12:29 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 900 ft, broken at 1,600 ft, overcast at 3,100 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Beckley Memorial, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, the ceiling at 900 feet, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BECKLEY MEMORIALSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLEBeckley Memorial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BKWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BKW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

48.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.

Chart of the air at Beckley Memorial: temperature 48.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKWFIG. B THE AIR AT BECKLEY MEMORIALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 900 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 48.0 F, 46.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEBeckley Memorial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BKW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Beckley Memorial, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, 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 BKWFIG. C THE WIND AT BECKLEY MEMORIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeckley Memorial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BKW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Beckley Memorial, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at V A Hospital (BCKW2), 2.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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

Near MacArthur

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

Near MacArthur

River and lake gauges