Temperature
69 F at 6 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 69F
- 6 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 67F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Mobile Regional 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. Mobile Regional Airport is 69° and mostly cloudy at 7 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the north at 5 mph.
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 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 81°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:39 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Mobile Regional Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 8,502 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | 6 mph head, on 33 | 2 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 4,376 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 6 mph head, on 36 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Mobile/Bates Field (MOB), Mobile Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
69 F at 6 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 67 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 68 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 38% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Set aside: the gust read 21 mph in 8 reports in a row from 1 PM Thursday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 7 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 5 AM; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 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
Mobile/Bates Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Mobile Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/220 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fairhope 3NEFRPA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.9 mi away/112 ft/107 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fairhope 3 NE63869
At a climate reference station/24.5 mi away/95 ft/124 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Koptis FarmsS2180
At a soil climate station/34.4 mi away/135 ft/84 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Mobile 9.5 WAL-MB-124
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/197 ft/22 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Auburn Univ Exp STNFHPA1
At a cooperative observer's station/23.7 mi away/144 ft/75 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.