Temperature
65 F at 10 PM; 87 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 59 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 65F
- 10 PM
- Highest
- 87F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 59F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Alabama
Small airport in Talladega County, Alabama66°
89°/60°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Now. Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport is 66° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 85°, and the coolest Saturday, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
65Air quality
90%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8960
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8561
17%
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6647
17mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6744
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7143
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7445
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7747
overcast
66°
89°60°
85°61°
66°47°
67°44°
71°43°
74°45°
77°47°
As of 11:00 PM in Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport
Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 34 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)39Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 70YesterdayOct 14
- 93TodayOct 15
- 59FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SCD
- ICAO
- KSCD
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 569 ft
- Serves
- Sylacauga
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SCD
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 22:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,390 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Sylacauga (SCD), Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 65 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 44% at 4 PM to 100% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 65F
- 10 PM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 44 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 10 PM; at its strongest 4 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 4mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.10 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.10inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 3 AM; 7 miles now.
- Now
- 7mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Sylacauga: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Merkel Field Sylacauga 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 now3 instruments
SylacaugaSCD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/559 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TalladegaTLDA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.7 mi away/643 ft/74 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Clanton 2 NE63891
At a climate reference station/28.4 mi away/584 ft/15 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sylacauga 5.1 NWAL-TG-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/538 ft/31 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Water PlantSCGA1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/541 ft/28 ft below 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 Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Oak Grovetown, 1 mi
- Mignoncommunity, 3 mi
- Sylacaugacity, 3 mi
- Bon Airtown, 6 mi
- Stewartvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Childersburgcity, 8 mi
- Fayettevillecommunity, 8 mi
- Talladega Springstown, 8 mi
- Hollinscommunity, 10 mi
- Weogufkacommunity, 10 mi
- Wilsonvilletown, 11 mi
- Mount Olivecommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport
- Thomas C Russell FieldALX, 27 mi
- St Clair County AirportPLR, 27 mi
- Shelby County AirportEET, 28 mi
- Talladega Municipal AirportASN, 31 mi
- Bessemer AirportEKY, 37 mi
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportBHM, 37 mi
- Anniston Regional AirportANB, 39 mi
- Prattville - Grouby Field1A9, 52 mi