Temperature
68 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 68F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 63F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Posey Field, Alabama
Small airport in Winston County, Alabama67°
76°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light air 3 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 14 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 76° today.
Now. Posey Field is 67° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 10 AM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
78%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7662
13%
16mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6245
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6640
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6942
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7344
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7647
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7848
overcast
67°
76°62°
62°45°
66°40°
69°42°
73°44°
76°47°
78°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Posey Field, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Posey Field
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 56 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Posey Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Posey Field, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 1M4
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 930 ft
- Serves
- Haleyville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 1M4
- Wind now
- From 200° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,008 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 182° / 2° | 3 mph head, on 18 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Haleyville (1M4), Posey Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 40% at 1 PM Thursday to 90% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 40 to 90%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south southwest at 1 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.09 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.09inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 6,000 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,000ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 1
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Haleyville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Posey Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Haleyville1M4
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/932 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sudduth Farms ScanSUDA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/772 ft/158 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sudduth FarmsS2179
At a soil climate station/10.8 mi away/772 ft/158 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Russellville 4 SSE63895
At a climate reference station/13.3 mi away/720 ft/210 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Haleyville 0.3 SSEAL-WN-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/970 ft/40 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HaleyvilleHVLA1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/930 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Posey Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Haleyvillecity, 3 mi
- Bear Creektown, 6 mi
- Phil Campbelltown, 8 mi
- Spruce Pinecommunity, 11 mi
- Natural Bridgetown, 13 mi
- Hackleburgtown, 13 mi
- Double Springstown, 15 mi
- Lynntown, 16 mi
- Russellvillecity, 18 mi
- Hodgestown, 19 mi
- Brillianttown, 20 mi
- Belgreencommunity, 21 mi
Airports near Posey Field
- Courtland Airport9A4, 30 mi
- Walker County Airport Bevill FieldJFX, 31 mi
- Northwest Alabama Regional AirportMSL, 32 mi
- Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom FieldCMD, 42 mi
- Pryor Field Regional AirportDCU, 45 mi
- Huntsville International AirportHSV, 53 mi
- Redstone Army Air FieldHUA, 59 mi
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportBHM, 70 mi