Storm Station
Fort Ashby, West Virginia
64°
Overcast· Feels like 64°·Light breeze 6 mph NW
A chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Fort Ashby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Pinnacle LookoutPLKW2

At a fire lookout or ranger station/18.4 mi away/3,061 ft/2,348 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank17of 401

measured daily2 instruments

Springfield 0.3 ENEWV-HM-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/726 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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RomneyROMW2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/735 ft/22 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Pinnacle Lookout, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 18.4 mi from Fort Ashby. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

46.4 F with a dew point of 43.6 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Pinnacle Lookout: temperature 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.6, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLKW2FIG. B THE AIR AT PINNACLE LOOKOUTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 46.4 F, 43.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLEPinnacle Lookout, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP PLKW2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PLKW2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (302 degrees) at 19 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Pinnacle Lookout, north up: blowing from 302 degrees, the west northwest, at 19 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLKW2FIG. C THE WIND AT PINNACLE LOOKOUTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 302°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 19 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPinnacle Lookout, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PLKW2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PLKW2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,061 ft above sea level, 11 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.76 inHg and the temperature at 48.1 F; it reports 46.4 F, 1.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Pinnacle Lookout stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,061 feet above sea level with 11 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.76 inches of mercury, and temperature, 48.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLKW2FIG. D WHERE PINNACLE LOOKOUT STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPINNACLE LOOKOUT11 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,061 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE26.76 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE48.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED46.4 FTITLEPinnacle Lookout, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PLKW2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PLKW2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Pinnacle Lookout, in 5 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 Fort Ashby

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