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Ceiling Height Forecast

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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 /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
The forecast begins with IFR visibility in snow east of the 
Ohio River, with ceilings also lowering to IFR at least in the 
mountains. The snow event will be brief, with improvement to 
MVFR at CRW by 08Z and VFR by 09Z. Improvement will only be an 
hour or two later at CKB, EKN and BKW, although MVFR ceilings 
may persist through much of the day there. MVFR ceilings will 
form at PKB later this morning and persist much of the day 
there as well, before breaking up this evening. Tonight will be 
VFR all locations, with VFR at HTS the entire time.

Surface flow will become west to northwest and briefly gusty
where not already, as a cold front continues to cross early 
this morning, and then back to light southwest tonight. Flow 
aloft will be light to moderate west to southwest.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium.

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 201 AM EST Sun Jan 18 2026

UTC

EST

CRW

HTS

BKW

EKN

PKB

CKB

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

TAFs and METARs can be accessed where available from the map below, along with other aviation relevant guidance. For airports without TAFs, hourly weather graphs from the National Digital Forecast Database are provided. This information is intended for situational awareness purposes only.

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