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Mineralwells, West Virginia

Community in Wood County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Mineralwells

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Parkersburg (WV), 10 miles off.

18Good
  • Ozone18Good18 ppb10.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Mineralwells

None in the last 24 hours; 0.82 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.82in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mineralwells, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mineralwells, 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

WalkerWKEW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/912 ft/270 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank614of 711

ParkersburgPKB

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/804 ft/162 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank64of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Mineral Wells 1.7 NWV-WD-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/598 ft/44 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ParkersburgPARW2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/561 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Parkersburg, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Mineralwells, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,700 ft; the ceiling is 3,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Parkersburg, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,700 feet, the ceiling at 3,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKBFIG. A THE SKY OVER PARKERSBURGSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEParkersburg, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PKBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Parkersburg: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKBFIG. B THE AIR AT PARKERSBURGTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,700 FTTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEParkersburg, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PKBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (290 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 43 mph.

Plan of the wind at Parkersburg, north up: blowing from 290 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 21; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PKBFIG. C THE WIND AT PARKERSBURGPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 290°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParkersburg, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PKBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PKB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Parkersburg, 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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Near Mineralwells

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