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Valley Head, West Virginia

Community in Randolph County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Valley Head

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Greenbrier County (WV), 55 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Valley Head

0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.22in
Last 3 days
0.67in

Visibility

How far you can see at Valley Head, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Sat 4 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Valley Head, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Pickens 0.9 ESEWV-RD-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/3,107 ft/756 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Elkins/Randolph Fld, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.2 mi from Valley Head, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:04 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,900 ft, broken at 3,000 ft, overcast at 3,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,900 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Elkins/Randolph Fld, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,900 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKNFIG. A THE SKY OVER ELKINS/RANDOLPH FLDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEElkins/Randolph Fld, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EKNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EKN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

49.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 86 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 1,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Elkins/Randolph Fld: temperature 49.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 86 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 1,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKNFIG. B THE AIR AT ELKINS/RANDOLPH FLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 44.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,900 FTTEMPERATURE 49.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 86 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 POINTTITLEElkins/Randolph Fld, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EKN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Elkins/Randolph Fld, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EKNFIG. C THE WIND AT ELKINS/RANDOLPH FLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEElkins/Randolph Fld, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EKNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-EKN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Elkins/Randolph Fld, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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