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 THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
As of 130 AM Thursday...

A warm front will bring rain early this morning, with a rumble
of thunder also possible before dawn. The rain will bring MVFR 
visibility by dawn that will persist much of the morning, with 
IFR visibility at times. Northern sites PKB and CKB may escape 
significant visibility restrictions in rain, which will end 
there by this afternoon while lingering as drizzle south before 
ending by this evening.

MVFR ceilings will lower to IFR by dawn and remain so through 
the morning, before improving from north to south this afternoon
as the front returns south as a cold front. The clouds may 
break up for a time across the north tonight while across the 
south, ceilings may not get much if any above IFR.

Light and variable to calm surface flow early this morning will
become south and then southwest this morning as the warm front 
goes through, and then light north to northwest behind the cold
front this afternoon, a bit gusty at times across the ridges, 
and then light and variable to calm again tonight. Moderate west
to northwest flow aloft today will become light north tonight.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Medium to high.

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 316 AM EST Thu Dec 25 2025

UTC

06

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09

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12

13

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EST

01

02

03

04

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06

07

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09

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12

CRW

H

M

H

L

H

M

HTS

H

M

H

M

H

BKW

H

M

EKN

H

L

M

PKB

H

M

H

M

H

M

CKB

H

M

H

M

H

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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