Citizen station GW5265GW5265
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,232 ft/178 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/West Virginia/Pentress
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 2 PM, the chance peaking at 74% around 3 PM.
Now. Pentress is 70° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 11 AM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (74%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Pentress, West Virginia.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 13 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 2 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Pentress, West VirginiaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Pentress, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW5265GW5265
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/1,232 ft/178 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Monongahela R At Opekiska Lock & Dam (Lower)03062225
At a dam/11.5 mi away/825 ft/229 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/1,247 ft/193 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Morgantown 6.4 WSWWV-MG-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/1,105 ft/51 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Morgantown DamMOEW2
At a dam/11.9 mi away/787 ft/267 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Pentress, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 7,000 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
72.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 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 7,000 ft.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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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.