Citizen station FW0197FW0197
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/588 ft/173 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 20 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 86° today.
Now. Brierfield Ironworks State Park is 67° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 72): 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 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Brierfield Ironworks State Park, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 72, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 29 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 159, unhealthy, Fri 5 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Brierfield Ironworks State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW0197FW0197
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/588 ft/173 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
AlabasterEET
At an airfield/13.3 mi away/564 ft/149 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SprottOKMA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.8 mi away/453 ft/38 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Clanton 2 NE63891
At a climate reference station/23.5 mi away/584 ft/169 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sewage Tr PltMTVA1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/404 ft/11 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Montevallo 0.3 NEAL-SH-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/461 ft/46 ft above 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.