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Oakvale, West Virginia

Town in Mercer County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Oakvale

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Giles Co. (VA), 13 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oakvale

0.38 in in the last 24 hours, 0.99 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.38in
Last 3 days
0.99in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oakvale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Eads MillsEAMW2

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/2,057 ft/316 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank574of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Athens 0.2 WWV-MC-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/2,547 ft/806 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PrincetonPRIW2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.0 mi away/2,392 ft/651 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank338of 711

Station report

The weather at Bluefield/Mercer Co, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Oakvale, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:59 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft, broken at 1,400 ft, overcast at 3,300 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bluefield/Mercer Co, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, broken cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,300 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLUEFIELD/MERCER COSECTION, 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 3,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BLF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Bluefield/Mercer Co: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLFFIG. B THE AIR AT BLUEFIELD/MERCER COTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.0 F, 42.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BLF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Bluefield/Mercer Co, north up: at 6 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 BLFFIG. C THE WIND AT BLUEFIELD/MERCER COPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBluefield/Mercer Co, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BLF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bluefield/Mercer Co, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Princeton (PRIW2), 7.0 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 Oakvale

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

Near Oakvale

River and lake gauges