Charleston, WV

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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 /19Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
As of 150 PM Monday...

VFR prevails today amid dry weather and mostly sunny skies, with
just a bit of passing SCT cirrus from time to time, along with a
FEW/SCT 035-060 Cu field across portions of the area.

Tonight brings continued mainly VFR conditions amid dry weather
across most of the area, with just ISO showers possible across
southern WV, southwest VA, and northeast KY overnight, perhaps
resulting in very brief MVFR VSBY in isolated locations. Fog
coverage will be much less than this morning, primarily 
confined to the northeast mountains in the Tygart Valley, with
brief VLIFR currently progged for EKN just before sunrise.

Any fog lifts/dissipates from ~ 11-13Z, with VFR anticipated
thereafter amid SCT-BKN mid level clouds. ISO showers will 
continue to be possible across eastern/southern WV and southwest
VA, perhaps resulting in very brief MVFR VSBY in isolated 
locations.

A general light easterly flow persists today, with occasional
breezes up to 15kts or so possible. Light and variable or calm 
flow is expected tonight, with light southeast flow developing 
on Tuesday.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: High.

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 258 PM EDT Mon Aug 4 2025

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CRW

H

HTS

H

BKW

H

EKN

H

PKB

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CKB

H

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

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