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Rock Cave, West Virginia

Community in Upshur County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Rock Cave

Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Morgantown (WV), 59 miles off.

28Good
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 22, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Rock Cave

0.35 in in the last 24 hours, 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.35in
Last 3 days
1.30in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rock Cave, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rock Cave, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BuckhannonW22

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/1,634 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Rock CaveRCVW2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/1,821 ft/138 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Buckhannon 2.3 SWWV-UP-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/1,493 ft/190 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW5131, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 7.3 mi from Rock Cave, West Virginia. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW5131, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5131FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW5131PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW5131, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5131TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5131-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,152 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.70 inHg and the temperature at 54.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 28.90 inHg means its barometer reads 27.72 inHg; it reports 69.0 F, 14.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW5131 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,152 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.70 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 28.90 and the station pressure it means, 27.72.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5131FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW5131 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW51314 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,152 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 HERE28.70 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED28.90 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.72 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLECitizen station GW5131, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5131TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5131-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 38.84 N, and the day is 11 h 01 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW5131, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 01 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW5131FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW5131ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 01 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.84 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW5131, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW5131TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW5131-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW5131, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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