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 /07Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
IFR or lower flight conditions are expected for all terminals except 
KBKW through sunrise due to river valley fog. Improvements to VFR 
are forecast to occur near 13Z, but may be as late as 14Z at EKN 
based on observations from the previous morning. Haze is expected 
again today, but VSBYs will remain VFR, with smoke possible INVOF 
KCKB, KEKN, and KPKB. VSBY restrictions from smoke are less certain 
at this time at those terminals. Otherwise, high-altitude CIGs from 
the smoke layer will remain SCT-BKN through the TAF period, with 
calm winds becoming west-northwesterly later this afternoon.

*GOES-19/East data outage until further notice. 

*05Z METAR data has been affected by an outage.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY...
     
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: Low for the coverage and extent of valley
fog through sunrise, then high thereafter.

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 353 AM EDT Thu Jul 16 2026

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EDT

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CRW

L

H

HTS

H

M

H

BKW

H

M

H

EKN

H

L

M

H

PKB

H

L

M

H

CKB

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

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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