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Wellsburg, West Virginia

City in Brooke County, West Virginia

Air quality

The air at Wellsburg

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Weirton (WV), 10 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate6 mi
  • Ozone15Good6 ppb6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb6 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Wellsburg

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Wellsburg, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wellsburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wellsburg 0.7 ESEWV-BK-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/1,018 ft/351 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Wheeling/Ohio Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.6 mi from Wellsburg, West Virginia. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wheeling/Ohio Co., height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WHEELING/OHIO CO.SECTION, 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 9,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Wheeling/Ohio Co.: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 9,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. B THE AIR AT WHEELING/OHIO CO.THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.3 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 9,000 FTTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wheeling/Ohio Co., north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HLGFIG. C THE WIND AT WHEELING/OHIO CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWheeling/Ohio Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HLGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HLG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wheeling/Ohio Co., in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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