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 /06Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
Decoupled flow on the back side of exiting high pressure, and 
high thin cloudiness has allowed dense river valley fog to form 
early this morning. The fog was a little inconsistent, and 
temperatures falling into the mid 20s at EKN were just low 
enough to keep the fog from being dense there. BKW up on the 
ridge should remain VFR.

Elsewhere, the fog should dissipate by mid morning, late 
morning at PKB, and the IFR to low MVFR stratus should not 
persist as long as on Monday once the fog is gone. However, MVFR
ceilings remain possible this morning.

VFR conditions will then prevail this afternoon and tonight, 
and increasing clouds and surface flow should largely prevent a 
recurrence of fog tonight.

Calm to light and variable surface flow early this morning will
become light south to southwest today, and then calm to light
and variable or south tonight. Light west flow aloft early this
morning will become light southwest today.

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

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 312 AM EST Tue Feb 17 2026

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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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