Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 86° today.
Now. Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport is 68° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 72): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 72, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 9 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 71, moderate, Fri 12 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 12,007 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 55° / 235° | Calm | Calm |
| 18 / 36 | 7,099 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Birmingham Muni (BHM), Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 10 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 63 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 84% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
0 mph from the east at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 6 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.10 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 7 AM Thursday; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 4,000 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Birmingham Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/630 ft/20 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TalladegaTLDA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/39.5 mi away/643 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Birmingham 0.7 NAL-JF-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/638 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cahaba Pump HouseCHTA1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/495 ft/155 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.