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Sand Fork, West Virginia

Town in Gilmer County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Sand Fork

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Parkersburg (WV), 52 miles off.

25Good
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Sand Fork

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.75 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.75in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sand Fork, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sand Fork, 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

Sutton48I

At an airfield/16.5 mi away/1,270 ft/497 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank138of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Little Kanawha RGLEW2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/722 ft/51 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Glenville 1.5 SWV-GL-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,161 ft/388 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sutton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Sand Fork, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 7,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sutton, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, the ceiling at 7,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 48IFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUTTONSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 7,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 7,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESutton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-48I-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

72.3 F with a dew point of 66.4 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sutton: temperature 72.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.4, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 48IFIG. B THE AIR AT SUTTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.9 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 72.3 FDEW POINT 66.4 FSPREAD 5.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLESutton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-48I-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sutton, 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 48IFIG. C THE WIND AT SUTTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESutton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 48ITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-48I-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sutton, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Sand Fork

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

Near Sand Fork

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