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 /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Some river valley fog is beginning to develop across the 
valleys of WV, with a gradual northward expansion expected 
through the remainder of the night. Fog should generally remain
up to or south of the Ohio River, and be less widespread than 
yesterday morning. LIFR/VLIFR restrictions are progged at 
CRW/EKN later this morning. Brief restrictions towards dawn 
could also occur at CKB/PKB, but confidence is lower there, with
TEMPO groups inserted into their TAFs to account for this. Fog 
will lift / scatter out from ~ 1130-1300Z on Wednesday morning.

This gives way to continued mainly dry weather on Wednesday 
amid a FEW/SCT (025-045) Cu field late morning through the 
afternoon across portions of the area. A few ISOLD 
showers/storms are possible late this afternoon into early 
tonight across the Mid-Ohio Valley, but confidence is too low 
to include in the HTS or PKB TAFs, but a very brief MVFR VSBY 
restriction cannot entirely be ruled out. 

Calm to light and variable flow is expected through this TAF
period (until 06Z Thursday).

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium to high.

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 203 AM EDT Wed Sep 16 2026

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CRW

M

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HTS

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BKW

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EKN

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PKB

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CKB

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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.

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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