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 /00Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
As of 725 PM Friday...

Shower and thunderstorm activity persists across the northern
tier at this time, but should be diminishing rapidly by 02z as 
we lose daytime heating. Elsewhere, any scattered lower cumulus 
should also dissipate past sunset, though some of the thin high
clouds will linger into the night. Places that got rain today
will be most susceptible to fog overnight, so the current
forecast shows a drop to IFR for PKB, CKB, and EKN. While CRW
didn't get rain, the calm and clear conditions may still allow
some valley fog to get to the terminal, so some MVFR conditions
were put in for a few hours leading up to sunrise Saturday.

Tomorrow morning looks dry, but by midday we can expect a
cumulus field to develop again in the FL030-050 range. Scattered 
showers and storms are possible across the entire area by 
around 18z, and possibly a bit sooner in the mountains, and all 
sites have a PROB30 group for now due to uncertainty on exact 
timing for any one TAF site. Storms tomorrow will once again be 
capable of very heavy rain, so localized IFR vsby can be 
expected with stronger storms, in addition to the gusty winds 
and turbulence concerns.
 

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

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 734 PM EDT Fri Jul 25 2025

UTC

23

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

EDT

19

20

21

22

23

00

01

02

03

04

05

06

CRW

H

HTS

H

BKW

H

EKN

H

L

M

PKB

H

L

M

CKB

H

L

M

L

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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