Charleston, WV

Weather Forecast Office

NWS Charleston, WV Aviation Weather Information

Ceiling Height Forecast

Visibility Forecast

24 Hour Aviation Hazards Summary

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Lowest Expected Flight Conditions

The lowest expected flight conditions indicated below are derived from hourly ceiling height and visibility forecasts, which are updated around 00 UTC, 06 UTC, 12 UTC and 18 UTC.

Local Area Aviation Weather Discussion

.AVIATION /01Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
As of 800 PM Saturday...

Isolated strong thunderstorms across northern third of forecast
area will diminish in intensity through 02Z. 

As we loose diurnal heating, a broad surface high pressure will
regain control of weather conditions. Wind flow will become
light or calm later tonight. Skies could clear overnight mainly
across the southern half of the area to allow for river valley
fog to develop during the predawn hours. IFR/LIFR conditions
will be possible also over areas that received rain and clears.
Otherwise, widespread VFR conditions expected through Sunday. 

Another disturbance is likely to bring showers and thunderstorms
into east central Ohio and northern WV by Sunday afternoon.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium.

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Fog development tonight could vary from 
forecast.

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Local Ceiling & Visibility Forecasts

The ceiling height and visibility forecasts below are updated every 6 hours. Please enlarge the graphics by clicking on the images below to view details and time of the forecasts. Additional hourly forecast can be accessed here.

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Airport Specific Weather Information & Forecasts

TAFs and METARs can be accessed where available from the map below, along with other aviation relevant guidance. For airports without TAFs, hourly weather graphs from the National Digital Forecast Database are provided. This information is intended for situational awareness purposes only.

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AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 834 PM EDT Sat May 25 2019

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Experimental table of flight category objectively shows consistency
of WFO forecast to available model information:
H = HIGH: TAF consistent with all models or all but one model.
M = MEDIUM: TAF has varying level of consistency with models.
L = LOW: TAF inconsistent with all models or all but one model.

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