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 /08Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
This period will be a relative calm before a strong system
impacts the area with showers and thunderstorms overnight tonight
through Thursday night.

VFR conditions will prevail today into tonight, with at least a
scattered cumulus field this afternoon. Showers are likely to
move into the middle Ohio Valley overnight tonight, with
thunderstorms also possible. The showers may bring ceilings and
visibility down at least into the MVFR range, and a predawn 
thunderstorm can produce very strong wind gusts from the west.

Calm to light south to southwest surface flow early this morning
will become gusty southwest later this morning, with gusts into
the 15 to 20 kt range. Surface flow will back to south and may 
diminish for a time this evening, but then increase and veer to
the southwest late tonight, with gusts of up to 30 kts by dawn
Thursday. Light to moderate west to southwest flow aloft early 
this morning will become light southwest later this morning, and
then increase to moderate to strong southwest tonight. This may
induce low level wind shear into the middle Ohio Valley for a
time late tonight if surface gusts do not increase quickly enough.

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

Area Forecast Discussion

AVIATION FORECAST CONFIDENCE

Updated: 541 AM EDT Wed Jun 17 2026

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EDT

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CRW

H

HTS

H

BKW

H

EKN

H

L

H

PKB

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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