Current weather · Sep 27, 6:15 AM EDT

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50°

Mostly SunnyFeels like 50° · Humidity 96%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Charleston, WV · grid 41,109
High
72°
Low
53°
Rain today
12%
Sunrise
7:21 AM
Sunset
7:17 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

Scroll sideways for more hours. Pick an hour for every number.

Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sun 6 AM50°50°49°96%12%NNW2 mph10 mph33%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 7 AM50°50°49°97%10%NNW3 mph10 mph30%0.01 inHg6 mi
Sun 8 AMPatchy fog50°49°50°100%8%NNW3 mph10 mph19%0.01 inHg3 mi
Sun 9 AM54°54°53°97%3%N5 mph12 mph18%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 10 AM59°59°53°79%4%N5 mph12 mph24%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 11 AM63°63°52°68%0%N7 mph14 mph26%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 12 PM66°66°52°60%0%N8 mph15 mph17%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 1 PM69°69°52°53%0%NNW8 mph15 mph17%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 2 PM71°71°51°50%0%NNW9 mph16 mph19%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 3 PM72°72°51°49%0%NNW9 mph16 mph19%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 4 PM72°72°52°48%0%NNW9 mph16 mph10%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 5 PM72°72°52°50%0%NNW8 mph16 mph13%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 6 PM70°70°52°53%0%NNW7 mph15 mph13%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 7 PM66°66°52°60%0%NNW6 mph15 mph5%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 8 PM62°62°51°69%0%NNW6 mph14 mph3%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 9 PM60°60°51°72%0%NNW5 mph13 mph2%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 10 PM58°58°50°74%0%NNW3 mph12 mph4%0.01 inHg10 mi
Sun 11 PM56°56°49°76%1%NNW2 mph10 mph7%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 12 AM55°55°49°80%1%NNW2 mph9 mph8%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 1 AM55°55°49°82%1%NNW2 mph9 mph9%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 2 AM54°54°49°84%0%NW2 mph8 mph16%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 3 AM54°54°50°86%0%NW2 mph8 mph6%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 4 AM53°53°50°88%0%NW2 mph8 mph6%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 5 AM53°53°50°88%0%NNW2 mph8 mph17%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 6 AM53°53°50°90%0%NW2 mph8 mph33%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 7 AM53°53°51°92%0%NW2 mph8 mph46%0.01 inHg6 mi
Mon 8 AMPatchy fog54°54°52°93%0%NW2 mph8 mph41%0.01 inHg3 mi
Mon 9 AM56°56°53°89%0%NNW2 mph9 mph29%0.01 inHg—
Mon 10 AM60°60°54°81%0%NNW3 mph9 mph23%0.01 inHg—
Mon 11 AM63°63°55°75%0%NNW5 mph10 mph18%0.01 inHg—
Mon 12 PM65°65°56°71%0%NNW5 mph10 mph19%0.01 inHg—
Mon 1 PM67°67°56°68%0%NNW5 mph10 mph37%0.01 inHg—
Mon 2 PM68°69°57°66%0%NNW5 mph10 mph45%0.01 inHg—
Mon 3 PM69°69°57°65%0%NNW5 mph10 mph58%0.01 inHg—
Mon 4 PM69°69°57°65%0%NNW5 mph9 mph51%0.01 inHg—
Mon 5 PM70°70°57°65%0%NNW3 mph9 mph38%0.01 inHg—
Mon 6 PM68°68°57°68%0%NNW2 mph7 mph43%0.01 inHg—
Mon 7 PM66°66°58°74%0%NNW1 mph5 mph37%0.01 inHg—
Mon 8 PM64°64°58°78%0%N0 mph5 mph32%0.01 inHg—
Mon 9 PM61°61°58°87%0%N0 mph2 mph22%0.01 inHg—
Mon 10 PM60°60°58°91%0%N0 mph2 mph30%0.01 inHg—
Mon 11 PM60°60°58°91%0%N0 mph2 mph38%0.01 inHg—
Tue 12 AM59°59°57°92%0%N0 mph2 mph40%0.01 inHg—
Tue 1 AM59°59°57°92%0%N0 mph2 mph43%0.01 inHg—
Tue 2 AM58°58°56°93%0%N0 mph2 mph45%0.01 inHg—
Tue 3 AM58°58°56°95%0%N0 mph2 mph44%0.01 inHg—
Tue 4 AM57°57°56°98%0%N0 mph2 mph43%0.01 inHg—
Tue 5 AM56°57°56°100%0%N0 mph2 mph42%0.01 inHg—

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 27, 2:34 AM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2772°53°Patchy Fog then Sunny12%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. MonSep 2870°55°Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny1%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  3. TueSep 2975°55°Mostly Sunny0%wind 0 mph
  4. WedSep 3078°59°Mostly Sunny1%wind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  5. ThuOct 180°62°Partly Sunny23%wind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. FriOct 274°58°Chance Rain Showers46%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SatOct 370°58°Chance Rain Showers44%wind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. SunOct 471°57°52%wind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. MonOct 568°51°National Blend34%0.57 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. TueOct 666°50°National Blend19%0.03 inwind 3 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. WedOct 7~68°52°Model mean0.04 in
  12. ThuOct 8~68°54°Model mean
  13. FriOct 9~56°46°Model mean0.04 in
  14. SatOct 10~58°43°Model mean0.23 in
  15. SunOct 11~62°43°Model mean0.37 in
  16. MonOct 12~55°45°Model mean0.10 in

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like50°
  • WindNNW 2 mphgusts 10 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity96%
  • Dew point49°
  • Pressure0.01 inHg
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility10 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:34 PMMoonset 8:21 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous99% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 27, 2:00 AM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2772°53°NWS grid 72° / 53°rain 1%wind 9 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. MonSep 2870°56°NWS grid 70° / 55°rain 2%wind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
  3. TueSep 2975°55°NWS grid 75° / 55°rain 0%wind 0 mph
  4. WedSep 3078°60°NWS grid 78° / 59°rain 2%wind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  5. ThuOct 180°62°NWS grid 80° / 62°rain 42%thunder 10%0.03 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  6. FriOct 274°57°NWS grid 74° / 58°rain 49%0.19 inwind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  7. SatOct 371°59°NWS grid 70° / 58°rain 45%thunder 10%0.55 inwind 6 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. SunOct 471°57°NWS grid 71° / 57°rain 52%thunder 13%1.63 inwind 8 mph · gusts 16 mph
  9. MonOct 568°51°Beyond the NWS gridrain 34%0.57 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. TueOct 666°50°Beyond the NWS gridrain 19%0.03 inwind 3 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. WedOct 768°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 11%0.07 inwind 5 mph · gusts 10 mph
50°68°86°MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 27, 2:00 AM EDT · GFS Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 26, 8:00 PM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

41°64°86°MonTueWedThuFriSatSun

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2772° 53°70° 49°73° 49°72° 49°71° 52°~73° 50°
Mon Sep 2870° 55°70° 49°71° 51°69° 51°70° 55°~71° 55°
Tue Sep 2975° 55°~57° 55°76° 60°77° 55°73° 60°~74° 55°
Wed Sep 3078° 59°—81° 56°79° 56°80° 57°~80° 55°
Thu Oct 180° 62°—85° 59°81° 59°0.04 in85° 62°~85° 58°
Fri Oct 274° 58°—67° 54°0.22 in75° 62°0.15 in78° 57°0.37 in~76° 62°0.06 in
Sat Oct 370° 58°—60° 49°69° 56°0.18 in~67° 51°0.02 in~66° 54°0.03 in
Sun Oct 471° 57°—60° 56°1.15 in70° 57°0.31 in~71° 57°1.12 in~60° 58°0.79 in
Mon Oct 5——61° 43°0.06 in66° 54°0.25 in~70° 62°0.28 in~65° 59°0.14 in
Tue Oct 6——60° 38°62° 47°0.06 in~71° 57°~65° 59°0.06 in
Wed Oct 7——~65° 44°—~72° 53°~67° 60°0.11 in
Thu Oct 8——~66° 50°—~70° 58°0.17 in~71° 57°
Fri Oct 9——~53° 50°0.13 in—~57° 44°~58° 45°
Sat Oct 10——~54° 52°0.68 in—~59° 42°~61° 36°
Sun Oct 11——~51° 50°1.10 in—~67° 44°~68° 36°
Mon Oct 12——~55° 45°0.10 in———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Albany (UNI) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Mon Oct 12, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean33%warmer 40% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec-20°0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 27—89° (1986)19° (1975)no outlookno outlook
Oct 4—87° (2002)21° (1974)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 11—87° (1969)16° (1977)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 18—88° (1984)14° (1974)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 25—81° (1984)16° (1976)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 1—80° (1968)9° (1991)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 8—78° (2002)8° (1976)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 15—76° (1971)8° (1976)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 22—77° (1990)4° (1964)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Nov 29—78° (1982)-1° (1976)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 6—76° (1971)3° (1984)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 13—72° (1971)-9° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec
Dec 20—70° (1964)-18° (1989)33% chance above normal · Oct to Decequal chances · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hModeratehumid
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayGoodfog
  • Beach and pooltodayVery goodcool
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightPoorbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hGoodfog
  • Drivingnext 24 hGoodfog

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SundayFair8:47 PM to 5:52 AM9 of 9None98%Fair2 h5 mph
MondayPoor8:45 PM to 5:53 AM0 of 9None94%9 h0 mph
TuesdayFair8:43 PM to 5:54 AM5 of 9None87%Poor9 h0 mph
WednesdayPoor8:42 PM to 5:55 AM0 of 9None80%7 h2 mph
ThursdayPoor8:40 PM to 5:56 AM0 of 9None70%8 h2 mph
FridayPoor8:38 PM to 5:57 AM0 of 9None60%9 h3 mph
SaturdayPoor8:37 PM to 5:58 AM0 of 9None50%9 h3 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sun6:54 AM to 7:04 AM7:04 AM to 7:56 AM6:42 PM to 7:34 PM7:34 PM to 7:44 PM
Mon6:55 AM to 7:05 AM7:05 AM to 7:57 AM6:40 PM to 7:32 PM7:32 PM to 7:42 PM
Tue6:56 AM to 7:06 AM7:06 AM to 7:58 AM6:39 PM to 7:30 PM7:30 PM to 7:41 PM
Wed6:57 AM to 7:07 AM7:07 AM to 7:59 AM6:37 PM to 7:29 PM7:29 PM to 7:39 PM
Thu6:58 AM to 7:08 AM7:08 AM to 8:00 AM6:35 PM to 7:27 PM7:27 PM to 7:38 PM
Fri6:59 AM to 7:09 AM7:09 AM to 8:01 AM6:34 PM to 7:26 PM7:26 PM to 7:36 PM
Sat7:00 AM to 7:10 AM7:10 AM to 8:02 AM6:32 PM to 7:24 PM7:24 PM to 7:34 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:21 AM, 92° E
  • SS Sunset 7:17 PM, 268° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:34 PM, 75° ENE
  • MS Moonset 8:21 AM, 282° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 99% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sun 8 AM to 4 PM, 8 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:51 AM to sunrise 7:21 AM, and sunset 7:17 PM to 7:47 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sun6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sun 6 AMCaution291712%10 mi50°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 7 AMCaution341110%6 mi50°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sun 8 AMGood34118%3.0 mi50°nothing against it
Sun 9 AMGood56133%10 mi54°nothing against it
Sun 10 AMGood56134%10 mi59°nothing against it
Sun 11 AMGood78150%10 mi63°nothing against it
Sun 12 PMGood810170%10 mi66°nothing against it
Sun 1 PMGood810170%10 mi69°nothing against it
Sun 2 PMGood911180%10 mi71°nothing against it
Sun 3 PMGood911180%10 mi72°nothing against it
Sun 4 PMCaution912190%10 mi72°gusts near or over your limit
Sun 5 PMCaution810180%10 mi72°gusts near or over your limit
Sun 6 PMGood79170%10 mi70°nothing against it
Sun 7 PMNo-fly623320%10 mi66°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 8 PMNo-fly623310%10 mi62°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 9 PMNo-fly518260%10 mi60°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 10 PMCaution314220%10 mi58°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 11 PMCaution29171%10 mi56°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 12 AMCaution29161%10 mi55°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 1 AMCaution29161%10 mi55°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 2 AMCaution29150%10 mi54°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 3 AMCaution29150%10 mi54°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 4 AMCaution29150%10 mi53°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 5 AMCaution29150%10 mi53°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sun 10 AM to 2 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 6 PM to 11 PM 5 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 AM to 6 PM 8 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 12 PM to 4 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 10 AM to 8 PM 10 hours, every hour within the rules
Sun6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SundayDry8%0.00 in48%9 mph5 dGood
MondayDry0%0.00 in65%5 mph4 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in64%0 mph3 d
WednesdayDry1%0.00 in58%3 mph2 d
ThursdayDry11%0.00 in63%7 mph1 d
FridayShowers possible46%0.00 in76%6 mph
SaturdayShowers possible44%0.00 in78%6 mph
SundayShowers possible52%0.00 in83%7 mph

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Sunday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sun Best12:39 AM to 2:39 AM1:03 PM to 3:03 PM7:51 AM to 8:51 AM7:04 PM to 8:04 PM 99%7:21 AM, 7:17 PM
Mon Good1:27 AM to 3:27 AM1:53 PM to 3:53 PM9:03 AM to 10:03 AM7:33 PM to 8:33 PM 95%7:22 AM, 7:16 PM
Tue Good2:19 AM to 4:19 AM2:46 PM to 4:46 PM10:17 AM to 11:17 AM8:08 PM to 9:08 PM 90%7:23 AM, 7:14 PM
Wed Poor3:15 AM to 5:15 AM3:45 PM to 5:45 PM11:32 AM to 12:32 PM8:52 PM to 9:52 PM 83%7:24 AM, 7:12 PM
Thu Fair4:15 AM to 6:15 AM4:46 PM to 6:46 PM12:45 PM to 1:45 PM9:46 PM to 10:46 PM 74%7:25 AM, 7:11 PM
Fri Fair5:18 AM to 7:18 AM5:49 PM to 7:49 PM1:50 PM to 2:50 PM10:50 PM to 11:50 PM 64%7:26 AM, 7:09 PM
Sat Fair6:20 AM to 8:20 AM6:51 PM to 8:51 PM2:45 PM to 3:45 PM 54%7:27 AM, 7:08 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Today72° · 12% · N 2–9 mph

    Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 2 to 9 mph.

  2. Tonight53° · 1% · NW 2–7 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Northwest wind 2 to 7 mph.

  3. Monday70° · NW 5 mph

    Patchy fog between 8am and 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

  4. Monday Night55° · N 2 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. North wind around 2 mph.

  5. Tuesday75° · 0 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Wind around 0 mph.

  6. Tuesday Night55° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 55.

  7. Wednesday78° · 1% · S 0–3 mph

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

  8. Wednesday Night59° · 2% · S 2 mph

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

  9. Thursday80° · 11% · SW 2–7 mph

    Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

  10. Thursday Night62° · 42% · SW 3 mph

    A chance of rain showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  11. Friday74° · 46% · NW 2–6 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  12. Friday Night58° · 46% · NE 1–5 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  13. Saturday70° · 44% · E 6 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  14. Saturday Night58° · 44% · E 2–6 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Charleston, WV · issued Sep 27, 5:55 AM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

What Has Changed

555 AM Update...

~12z aviation discussion.

317 AM Update... ~06Z aviation discussion.

Lowered dew points by a few degrees starting this afternoon and again Monday afternoon. Chances for showers a possible this morning mostly across the mountains and northeastern portions of the forecast area. Otherwise, the forecast remains unchanged. Models still diverge for end of the week/weekend, but a wet pattern may form come next Sunday/Monday.

KEY Messages

1.) Drier and cooler weather remains in place through most of the week, outside of chances for isolated showers across the northeastern mountains this morning. Wet pattern may set up by the end of the week into the weekend.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...

High pressure to the north remains an influence keeping most of the area, especially the western half, dry and cooler. A massive, 990-MB coastal low remains offshore from New England. Streams of cloud cover will move overhead from the northeast today and tonight until this low moves farther north off the Coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia in Canada. Isolated showers and pockets of drizzle cannot be ruled out in the mountains, particularly the northeastern section, as well as northern West Virginia. Due to the aridity of our air mass, QPF will be less than a tenth of an inch.

Outside of these slight chances for precipitation, the weather will be mostly dry and quiet through about Thursday afternoon. A front will move up from the south and park over the area Thursday night. Chances for showers and maybe isolated thunderstorms return with this front as it hangs around through the weekend. Confidence is still lacking with models showing a large divergence in outcomes Thursday through Sunday, but odds are favoring a reemergence of a wet pattern.

Temperatures will remain cooler than normal through Monday with upper 60s and lower 70s for highs across the lowlands and 50s and 60s in the mountains. Lows tonight and Monday night will drop into the 40s and 50s. This morning will may prove to be the coolest with most locations seeing 40s, and cold spots in the northern mountain valleys may reach the upper 30s. Cloud cover would be the sole hindrance for this.

Aviation · 09Z Sunday Through Thursday

Areas of dense fog have formed across the mountain and river valleys. So far, only CRW and EKN are reporting restrictions with IFR or lower being consistently reported with obs. CKB, and PKB may see some brief MVFR or IFR fog between ~11z and ~13z, but confidence is medium due to cloud cover and drier air mass at these sites.

Restrictions will improve between ~13-15z this morning as fog lifts and scatters, then VFR is expected for the rest of the day.

Winds will be light to calm this morning, but will pick up out of the NW by mid-morning, breezy to gusty at times with 10-20 knots in the lowlands and 20-35 knots across the mountains.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY...

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: Timing of improvement to VFR this morning will likely vary from the forecast.

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.

DATE SUN 09/27/26 UTC 1HRLY 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 EDT 1HRLY 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 CRW CONSISTENCY L M M M M M L H H H H H HTS CONSISTENCY H H M M M L H H H H H H BKW CONSISTENCY H H H L L M H H H H H H EKN CONSISTENCY L M M M M M L H H H H H PKB CONSISTENCY H H H M L L H H H H H H CKB CONSISTENCY H H H H L L H H H H H H

AFTER 12Z MONDAY... IFR conditions are possible in morning river valley fog through Wednesday.

RLX Watches / Warnings / Advisories

WV...None. OH...None. KY...None. VA...None.

The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sun Sep 27No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Sat Oct 3No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sun Oct 4No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Tue Sep 29Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 30–Oct 10.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 2–Oct 30.75 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature33% chance above normalOct 2–Oct 6
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 2–Oct 6
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 4–Oct 10
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 4–Oct 10

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Athens Ou

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 25 and the first fall freeze around October 23: a growing season of about 179 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 8; one spring in ten still has one after May 12.

Climate of 39.31, -82.12: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 29 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
HeatRisk max0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor0 · Little
Wet bulb globe temperature max67°67°72°74°75°71°68°69°
Heat index max72°70°75°78°82°73°70°70°
Wind chill min49°
Chance of thunder max0%0%0%1%8%14%12%12%
Visibility min3 mi3 mi
Pressure min0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg
Mixing height max4,400 ft3,600 ft400 ft
Transport wind max17 mph10 mph0 mph
Twenty-foot wind max7 mph3 mph0 mph
Atmospheric dispersion index max68380
Low visibility risk max9810

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Albany (UNI) · 8.9 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sun Sep 2772° / 53°—88° (1998)29° (1980)
Mon Sep 2870° / 55°—88° (1998)35° (1975)
Tue Sep 2975° / 55°—89° (1986)32° (1975)
Wed Sep 3078° / 59°—86° (1971)34° (1974)
Thu Oct 180° / 62°—83° (1971)30° (1974)
Fri Oct 274° / 58°—84° (2002)27° (1974)
Sat Oct 370° / 58°—84° (1967)19° (1975)
Sun Oct 471° / 57°—85° (1973)21° (1974)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sun6:54 AM7:21 AM7:17 PM7:44 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon6:55 AM7:22 AM7:16 PM7:42 PM11 h 54 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue6:56 AM7:23 AM7:14 PM7:41 PM11 h 51 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed6:57 AM7:24 AM7:12 PM7:39 PM11 h 48 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu6:58 AM7:25 AM7:11 PM7:38 PM11 h 46 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri6:59 AM7:26 AM7:09 PM7:36 PM11 h 43 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:00 AM7:27 AM7:08 PM7:34 PM11 h 41 min Last quarter · 54% lit
Sun7:01 AM7:28 AM7:06 PM7:33 PM11 h 38 min Last quarter · 43% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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