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Ballplay, Alabama

Community in Etowah County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Ballplay

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 15 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good12.3 mi
  • Ozone18Good17 ppb12.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ballplay

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 Ballplay, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ballplay, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD

At an airfield/17.7 mi away/568 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Gadsden 19 N63857

At a climate reference station/21.3 mi away/1,152 ft/557 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank538of 798

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/37.3 mi away/730 ft/135 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Hokes Bluff 5.0 NEAL-ET-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/591 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CentreCTRA1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/568 ft/27 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank430of 798

Station report

The weather at Mt. Longleaf RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.0 mi from Ballplay, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:46 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 61.9 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mt. Longleaf RAWS: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.9, 73 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGLA1FIG. B THE AIR AT MT. LONGLEAF RAWSTHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.8 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 61.9 FSPREAD 9.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 73 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 POINTTITLEMt. Longleaf RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LGLA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGLA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 7 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mt. Longleaf RAWS, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGLA1FIG. C THE WIND AT MT. LONGLEAF RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMt. Longleaf RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LGLA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGLA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,017 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.84 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; it reports 71.0 F, 15.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Mt. Longleaf RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,017 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.84 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGLA1FIG. D WHERE MT. LONGLEAF RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMT. LONGLEAF RAWS4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,017 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.84 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED71.0 FTITLEMt. Longleaf RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LGLA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGLA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Mt. Longleaf RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

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