Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 82° today.
Now. Walker County Airport Bevill Field is 63° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 12 PM. 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 80): 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 64°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Walker County Airport Bevill Field, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 80, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 44 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 58, moderate, Fri 3 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,004 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Manchester (JFX), Walker County Airport Bevill Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
64 F at 10 PM Thursday; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 64 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 10 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.3 miles at 4 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 4 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 4 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 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
Manchester: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Walker County Airport Bevill 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
ManchesterJFX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/482 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sudduth Farms ScanSUDA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.8 mi away/772 ft/290 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sudduth FarmsS2179
At a soil climate station/20.8 mi away/772 ft/290 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Cullman 3 ENE63867
At a climate reference station/36.0 mi away/800 ft/318 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Walker Co. AirportJPRA1
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/479 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Jasper 0.6 NWAL-WK-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/418 ft/64 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.