Parks/Alabama/Oak Mountain State Park

Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama

State Park in Shelby County, Alabama

64° 84°/63°

Clear· Feels like 64°·Light air 2 mph SW

Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 84° today.

Now. Oak Mountain State Park is 64° and clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° 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 94): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. 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 10:25 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.

0UV Low

94Air quality

90%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

8:00 AM

64feels64

Today

Oct 16

8463

14%

18mph

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6549

17mph

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

6845

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

7145

Tue

Oct 20

7347

Wed

Oct 21

7748

Thu

Oct 22

7950

64°

84°63°

65°49°

68°45°

71°45°

73°47°

77°48°

79°50°

As of 8:00 AM in Oak Mountain State Park, Alabama.

Air quality

The air at Oak Mountain State Park

Index 94, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 9 miles off.

94Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)94Moderate13 mi
Ozone5Good1 ppb2.6 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)52Moderate13 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 73, moderate.

GoodModerate

73YesterdayOct 15
59TodayOct 16

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oak Mountain State Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. 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 Oak Mountain State Park, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 14 sq mi
Height at its point: 591 ft
County: Shelby County
State: Alabama
Latitude: 33.3123° N
Longitude: 86.7786° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oak Mountain State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW8095FW8095

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/572 ft/19 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/701 ft/110 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Valley Creek At Ave W Near Ensley02461192

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.6 mi away/519 ft/72 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/33.4 mi away/584 ft/7 ft below here