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Shady Spring, West Virginia

Community in Raleigh County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Shady Spring

Index 9, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 29 miles off.

9Good
  • Ozone9Good-

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shady Spring

0.87 in in the last 24 hours, 1.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.87in
Last 3 days
1.70in

Visibility

How far you can see at Shady Spring, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Shady Spring, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Grandview RAWSGRNW2

A remote fire weather station/9.0 mi away/2,490 ft/271 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank84of 711

measured daily2 instruments

Shady Spring 0.3 NEWV-RL-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/2,761 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

V A HospitalBCKW2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.5 mi away/2,362 ft/399 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank704of 711

Station report

The weather at Beckley Memorial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Shady Spring, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 6,500 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Beckley Memorial, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BECKLEY MEMORIALSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 6,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBeckley Memorial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BKWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Beckley Memorial: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKWFIG. B THE AIR AT BECKLEY MEMORIALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.0 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 6,500 FTTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 65.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLEBeckley Memorial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Beckley Memorial, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKWFIG. C THE WIND AT BECKLEY MEMORIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBeckley Memorial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BKWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at V A Hospital (BCKW2), 7.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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