Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 86° today.
Now. Tuscaloosa National Airport is 68° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Tuscaloosa National Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Tuscaloosa (AL), 7 miles off.
Yesterday measured 49, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 1 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,498 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 41° / 221° | Calm | Calm |
| 12 / 30 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Tuscaloosa Muni (TCL), Tuscaloosa National Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
68 F at 10 PM Thursday; 89 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
0 mph from the north northeast at 10 PM Thursday; at its strongest 5 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 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 0.3 miles at 7 AM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 1 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
Tuscaloosa Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Tuscaloosa National Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/171 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NorthportNPXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.3 mi away/149 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Northport 2 S73801
At a climate reference station/1.4 mi away/150 ft/20 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Air Crash Fire DeptTUSA1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/164 ft/6 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Tuscaloosa 4.5 SWAL-TS-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/164 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Air Crash Fire Dept (TUSA1), 0.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 21:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.