Citizen station EW5460EW5460
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/604 ft/379 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 61° after 79° today.
Now. Cathedral Caverns State Park is 72° and clear at 10 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 5 AM, with some cloud. 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 67): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:19 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 day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 AM in Cathedral Caverns State Park, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 67, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Huntsville (AL), 26 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 7 instruments nearest Cathedral Caverns State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station EW5460EW5460
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/604 ft/379 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hodges ScanHDGA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.7 mi away/730 ft/253 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
HodgesS2055
At a soil climate station/9.7 mi away/730 ft/253 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Guntersville8A1
At an airfield/12.6 mi away/610 ft/373 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Scottsboro 2 NE63896
At a climate reference station/15.3 mi away/636 ft/347 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Grant 0.3 WNWAL-MS-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/1,225 ft/242 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ScottsboroSCTA1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/604 ft/379 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Scottsboro (SCTA1), 11.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. 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.