Storm Station
Elk Garden, West Virginia
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
A slight chance of rain showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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80%Humidity
71%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Elk Garden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Pinnacle LookoutPLKW2

At a fire lookout or ranger station/4.0 mi away/3,061 ft/730 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank17of 400

Grant_County_AirportW99

At an airfield/26.9 mi away/961 ft/1,370 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank324of 400

Elkins 21 ENE03733

At a climate reference station/30.9 mi away/3,390 ft/1,059 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

KeyserKEYW2

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/948 ft/1,383 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Keyser 0.3 NWWV-ML-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/871 ft/1,460 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Grant_County_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 26.9 mi from Elk Garden. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Grant_County_Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W99FIG. A THE SKY OVER GRANT_COUNTY_AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGrant_County_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-W99-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.4 F with a dew point of 53.4 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Grant_County_Airport: temperature 53.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.4, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W99FIG. B THE AIR AT GRANT_COUNTY_AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 53.4 F, 53.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEGrant_County_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-W99-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Grant_County_Airport, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT W99FIG. C THE WIND AT GRANT_COUNTY_AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrant_County_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS W99TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-W99-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Grant_County_Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in West Virginia

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Near Elk Garden

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