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Anderson, Alabama

Town in Lauderdale County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Anderson

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 15 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Anderson

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Anderson, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.

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On the radar over Anderson, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Anderson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Courtland9A4

At an airfield/18.7 mi away/587 ft/126 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank100of 798

Bragg FarmS2078

At a soil climate station/37.7 mi away/798 ft/85 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank528of 798

measured daily2 instruments

AndersonANDA1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/774 ft/61 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank45of 798

Rogersville 3.9 NNEAL-LD-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/705 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Courtland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.7 mi from Anderson, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Courtland, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9A4FIG. A THE SKY OVER COURTLANDSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECourtland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 9A4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9A4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Courtland: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9A4FIG. B THE AIR AT COURTLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.5 FTEMPERATURE 66.2 FDEW POINT 60.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLECourtland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9A4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9A4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Courtland, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 9A4FIG. C THE WIND AT COURTLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECourtland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 9A4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-9A4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Courtland, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Anderson (ANDA1), 0.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alabama

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Anderson

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Anderson

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