Temperature
81 F at 11 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 81F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bay Minette Municipal Airport, Alabama
Small airport in Baldwin County, Alabama* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong and gusty winds will be capable of downing numerous additional compromised trees which would result in renewed power outages in vulnerable areas impacted by the extreme winds during Hurricane Isaias. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors along with potentially blocking previously cleared roadways. Additional road closures will be possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Many trees are leaning over power lines, homes, and roads in the impacted area. Frequent wind gusts forecast between 35 and 40 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Use extreme caution if you must travel or be outdoors Friday night through Saturday. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
81°
86°/66°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 85°·Calm 1 mph WNW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Bay Minette Municipal Airport until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 86° today.
Now. Bay Minette Municipal Airport is 81° and partly cloudy at 11 AM. With the humidity it feels like 85°. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 26 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
53Air quality
74%Humidity
46%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
81feels85
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8666
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7053
20mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7050
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7248
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7548
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7850
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8051
overcast
81°
86°66°
70°53°
70°50°
72°48°
75°48°
78°50°
80°51°
As of 11:00 AM in Bay Minette Municipal Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Bay Minette Municipal Airport
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 10 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate17.3 mi
- Ozone19Good33 ppb17.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 15
- 48TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bay Minette Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Bay Minette Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 1R8
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 248 ft
- Serves
- Bay Minette
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 1R8
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 11:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,500 ft | 79 ft | Asphalt | 86° / 266° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bay Minette (1R8), Bay Minette Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 72 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 72F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 41 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 11 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 12 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 12mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 11 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 2 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 2 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 15 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 100ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 15
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
Bay Minette: 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 Bay Minette Municipal Airport, 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
Bay Minette1R8
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/236 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fairhope 3NEFRPA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.5 mi away/112 ft/136 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Perdido Riv FarmsS2181
At a soil climate station/22.8 mi away/299 ft/51 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Fairhope 3 NE63869
At a climate reference station/23.0 mi away/95 ft/153 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bay Minette 1.7 WNWAL-BW-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/266 ft/18 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bay MinetteBAYA1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/289 ft/41 ft above 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 Bay Minette Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Bay Minette Municipal Airport
- Mobile Downtown AirportBFM, 22 mi
- Mobile Regional AirportMOB, 28 mi
- H L Sonny Callahan AirportCQF, 29 mi
- Naval Outlying Field BarinNBJ, 35 mi
- Jack Edwards National AirportJKA, 41 mi
- Evergreen Regional Airport/Middleton FieldGZH, 59 mi
- South Alabama Regional At Bill Benton Field Airport79J, 90 mi
- Florala Municipal Airport0J4, 90 mi