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Fort Ashby, West Virginia Weather

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Fort Ashby weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fort Ashby, WV
Friday, June 5 at 8:23 AM
60
°
Clear
Feels like
57°
Humidity
67%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Sunset
8:38 PM
Fort Ashby, WV
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFort Ashby, WV: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 66 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 66°H 87°
Fort Ashby, WV
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    87°59°
  2. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    40%
    83°65°-4°
  3. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    40%
    85°66°+2°
  4. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    80°57°-5°
  5. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    13%
    0.04″
    74°60°-6°
  6. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    24%
    73°65°-1°
  7. Thursday
    Jun 11
    Light Drizzle
    21%
    73°65°
Fort Ashby, WV
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
207° · backing 18°
Direction
SSW
207°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
12
avg 3
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 3 · pk 12 @ 8:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 145SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 18° from the ssw.
Fort Ashby, WV
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
996.5
+0.2 mb in 3h · steady · 29.43 inHg
Now
996.5
mb
3h
+0.2
mb
12h
+0.6
mb
24h
-5.1
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 9961002
9909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1001.5995.7996.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Fort Ashby, WV
Air quality
35
AQI
Good
-66 in 6h

AQI 35 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 66 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 9.7 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 1.00 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
21μg/m³
OzoneGood
26μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.7 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 1.00 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
1.00
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Fort Ashby, WV
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
50.2mi
UNLIMITED
128 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
08:23 UTC ·Fort Ashby, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
08:23 UTC ·Fort Ashby, WV · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fort Ashby, WV
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fort Ashby, WV
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fort Ashby, WV
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:17 AM
Sunrise
5:48 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
8:38 PM
Civil dusk
1:12 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fort Ashby, WV
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
4:13 AM
Moonset
2:21 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fort Ashby, WV
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

fungi
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Fort Ashby at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 16°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fort Ashby

SPC has placed Fort Ashby in the Marginal Risk category for severe thunderstorms tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWMRGLMarginal Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Isolated severe storms possible. Limited threat for hail or damaging wind.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fort Ashby

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.