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 WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
Isolated to scattered convection will develop generally after
09Z to 11Z, with a decrease in the coverage of convection 
possible after 18Z to 20Z, before showers and storms increase 
again from west to east with the approach of a cold front this
evening and tonight. Storms this morning and afternoon will 
contain brief heavy downpours, and strong, damaging, erratic 
wind gusts, along with brief MVFR and IFR conditions. Additional
storms later this evening and overnight associated with the 
front will be more widespread in coverage, and result in the 
development of widespread MVFR and local IFR conditions, and 
continued strong wind gusts.

Light south to southwest surface flow tonight will strengthen 
and become gusty again on Wednesday, 20 to 30 kts outside 
thunderstorms. Light southwest flow aloft this evening will 
become moderate to strong southwest overnight, and then remain 
so throughout the day on Wednesday. This is likely to result in 
low level wind shear overnight and early Wednesday, before 
momentum aloft mixes to the surface Wednesday morning, and this 
code was maintained in the TAFs.

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

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 153 AM EDT Wed Mar 11 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

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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