Temperature
64 F at 2 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 64F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 64F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, Alabama
Medium airport in Colbert County, Alabama64°
64°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNE
Now. Northwest Alabama Regional Airport is 64° and clear at 3 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 10 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 52° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:21 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
6Air quality
35%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 PM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 17
6445
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6940
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7241
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7643
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7745
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7946
overcast
Fri
Oct 23
8047
overcast
64°
64°45°
69°40°
72°41°
76°43°
77°45°
79°46°
80°47°
As of 3:00 PM in Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 25 miles off.
6Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MSL
- ICAO
- KMSL
- IATA
- MSL
- Field elevation
- 551 ft
- Serves
- Muscle Shoals
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MSL
- Wind now
- From 350° at 8 mph, read 17 Oct, 14:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 / 29 | 6,693 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 114° / 294° | 4 mph head, on 29 | 7 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 182° / 2° | 8 mph head, on 36 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Muscle Shoals Rgnl (MSL), Northwest Alabama Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 35% saturated; the humidity ran from 35% at 2 PM to 86% at 10 PM Friday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 35%
- Humidity, range
- 35 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north northeast at 3 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 24 mph at 5 PM Friday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 24mph
- 5 PM Friday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.36 inHg at 3 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.20 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.36inHg
- 3 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.20inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 5 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 5 PM Friday
- 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 1,600 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 4 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 5 PM Friday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 5 PM Friday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Muscle Shoals Rgnl: 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 Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.8 mi away/551 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Muscle Shoals 2 N63894
At a climate reference station/2.0 mi away/530 ft/21 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Al Muscle Shoals 2 NMSXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/551 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Isbell FarmsS2173
At a soil climate station/21.8 mi away/603 ft/52 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Tuscumbia 5.4 EAL-CT-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/528 ft/23 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Muscle ShoalsMWPA1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/510 ft/41 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Muscle Shoals (MWPA1), 1.8 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 07:32. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AnnistoncityAuburncityBirminghamcityCullmancityDauphin IslandtownDecaturcityDothancityFlorencecityFort PaynecityGadsdencityGulf ShorestownHuntsvillecityJaspercityLake GuntersvillefeatureMobilecityMobile BayfeatureMontgomerycityMount CheahafeatureSelmacityTalladega National ForestfeatureTroycityTuscaloosacity
Near Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Muscle Shoalscity, 2 mi
- Sheffieldcity, 5 mi
- Tuscumbiacity, 5 mi
- Florencecity, 5 mi
- Leightontown, 6 mi
- St. Floriantown, 8 mi
- Killentown, 9 mi
- Underwood-Petersvillecommunity, 10 mi
- Littlevilletown, 11 mi
- Town Creektown, 13 mi
- Hattoncommunity, 17 mi
- Russellvillecity, 18 mi
Airports near Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
- Courtland Airport9A4, 16 mi
- Posey Field1M4, 32 mi
- Pryor Field Regional AirportDCU, 38 mi
- Huntsville International AirportHSV, 48 mi
- Redstone Army Air FieldHUA, 53 mi
- Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom FieldCMD, 54 mi
- Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr FieldMDQ, 60 mi
- Walker County Airport Bevill FieldJFX, 61 mi