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Raysal, West Virginia

Community in McDowell County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Raysal

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Pikeville (KY), 43 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Raysal

0.21 in in the last 24 hours, 0.54 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.21in
Last 3 days
0.54in

Visibility

How far you can see at Raysal, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Raysal, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PinevilleI16

At an airfield/21.6 mi away/1,785 ft/556 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank103of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Eckman 1.1 NWWV-MD-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.0 mi away/1,562 ft/333 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Pineville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.6 mi from Raysal, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:55 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 100 ft; the ceiling is 100 ft; visibility 3/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Pineville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 100 feet, the ceiling at 100 feet, and visibility of 3/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. A THE SKY OVER PINEVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3/4 MI0510TITLEPineville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 100 ft.

Chart of the air at Pineville: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. B THE AIR AT PINEVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.4 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEPineville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 1,785 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.04 inHg and the temperature at 52.6 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 28.17 inHg; it reports 64.4 F, 11.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Pineville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,785 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.04 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.6 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 28.17.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT I16FIG. D WHERE PINEVILLE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPINEVILLE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,785 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.04 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.6 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.17 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED64.4 FTITLEPineville, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS I16TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-I16-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Pineville, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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