| Category |
Ceiling |
Visibility |
Icon |
| LIFR |
below 500 feet and/or |
less than 1 mile |
 |
| IFR |
500 to below 1,000 feet and/or |
1 to less than 3 miles |
|
| MVFR |
1,000 to 3,000 feet and/or |
3 to 5 miles |
 |
| VFR |
greater than 3,000 feet and |
greater than 5 miles |
 |
| MISSING |
MISSING |
MISSING |
 |
.AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE ARE THIS
MORNING IN LHQ/VTA/CMH WITH MVFR HOLDING AT PKB AT THIS HOUR. IFR
EXPECTED AT PKB AND HTS OVER THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS...EVENTUALLY
SPREADING EASTWARD TO CKB AND CRW LATE MORNING...AND EKN AND BKW
FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TIMING OF THIS IS DIFFICULT...AND MAY VARY AN
HOUR OR TWO EITHER WAY AT EACH SITE. THIS WILL ACCOUNT FOR THE
MEDIUM FORECAST CONFIDENCE. FEEL IFR IS A GOOD BET TODAY IN
RAIN...BUT THE TIMING IS THE ISSUE.
RAIN PERSISTS TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH/WEST OF THE OHIO
RIVER...BUT NOT RELEGATED TO THIS AREA. IFR CEILINGS MAY HAVE A
BRIEF REPRIEVE...BUT IFR EXPECTED TO GENERALLY LINGER INTO
TONIGHT.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE AND ALTERNATE SCENARIOS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY...
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM.
ALTERNATE SCENARIOS: TIMING OF THE IFR CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES WILL BE
AN ISSUE IN THE SCOPE OF THIS FORECAST ISSUANCE.
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
| Updated: 544 AM EST FRI DEC 7 2012 |
| UTC |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| EST |
06 |
07 |
08 |
09 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
| CRW |
H |
H |
H |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
H |
| HTS |
H |
H |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
H |
M |
M |
M |
M |
| BKW |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
M |
| EKN |
M |
M |
M |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
M |
M |
M |
H |
| PKB |
M |
L |
L |
L |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
L |
M |
| CKB |
H |
M |
M |
H |
M |
M |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
M |
Forecast Graphics for Ceiling and Visibility | 04Z-Cig  | 05Z-Cig  | 06Z-Cig  | 07Z-Cig  | 04Z-Vsby  | 05Z-Vsby  | 06Z-Vsby  | 07Z-Vsby  | |
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format, decoded
Past 24 hours of METAR reports for NWS Charleston TAF sites:
Charleston (CRW) - raw
format, decoded
Huntington (HTS) - raw
format, decoded
Parkersburg (PKB) - raw
format, decoded
Clarksburg (CKB) - raw
format, decoded
Elkins (EKN) - raw
format, decoded
Beckley (BKW) - raw
format, decoded
Other obsevation locations:
Point Pleasant (3I2) - raw
format, decoded
Buckhannon (W22) - raw
format, decoded
Pineville (I16) - raw
format, decoded
Sutton (48I) - raw
format, decoded
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Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAFs) issued by NWS Charleston
How
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- Wheeling, WV
KMGW
- Morgantown, WV
KMRB
- Martinsburg, WV
KLWB
- Lewisburg, WV
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- Bluefield, WV
KLEX
- Lexington, KY
KCMH
- Columbus, OH
KPIT
- Pittsburgh, PA
KDCA
- Washington, DC (Reagan)
KIAD - Washington, DC (Dulles)
KROA - Roanoke, VA
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