Sophia, West Virginia Weather
Sophia, West Virginia — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery for Sophia, Raleigh County.
Full aviation weather for Sophia is published on the Raleigh County Memorial Airport (KBKW) page, 14 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 2 airfields within reach of Sophia have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Sophia: Mercer County Airport (KBLF) 46 km
Conditions reported at KBKW describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Sophia specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Sophia, West Virginia
Sophia’s embrace is a landscape of folded hills and shadowed hollows, where the Appalachian terrain rises and falls in a perpetual, quiet conversation with the sky. It lies 49.0 miles south-south-east of Charleston, WV (from Charleston, WV: bearing 155°T), and is situated 6.0 miles south-west of Beckley. The air, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a damp, earthy perfume, a blend of rich soil and the lingering scent of pine needles from the surrounding woodlands. Streams, often more a murmur than a rush, thread through the valleys, their waters reflecting the muted greens and browns of the forested slopes. The character of Sophia is etched into the very contours of this land, a place where the natural world dictates the pace and the perspective, where the horizon is a soft, distant line of ridges. The history of Sophia is deeply intertwined with the veins of coal that lie beneath its surface, a legacy that shaped its founding and continues to inform its identity. For generations, the rhythm of life here was dictated by the demands of the mines, the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of ore carts echoing through the valleys. This industrial past has left its mark, not as a scar, but as a layer of resilience and a deep understanding of hard work. While the mining industry has evolved, its spirit persists, a quiet determination that underpins the local economy. The community of Sophia, though small, holds a distinct character, a sense of shared history and a grounded connection to the land that has nurtured it.
Live animated radar for Sophia and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Sophia, Raleigh County, West Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37.707614°N, 81.250657°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 25921 |
| Area Code | 304 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sophia, West Virginia Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sophia, West Virginia, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sophia includes coordinates 37.707614°N, 81.250657°W, situated in Raleigh County. ZIP code 25921. Telephone area code: 304. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
