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Bayou La Batre, Alabama

City in Mobile County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Bayou La Batre

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 31 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate17 mi
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb8.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb17 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bayou La Batre

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Bayou La Batre, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Bayou La Batre, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Bayou La Batre, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fairhope 3 NE63869

At a climate reference station/24.5 mi away/95 ft/75 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank558of 798

Koptis FarmsS2180

At a soil climate station/33.9 mi away/135 ft/115 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank532of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Bayou La Batre 2.0 NNWAL-MB-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/72 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Dauphin IslandDAUA1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/5 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mobile Downtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.9 mi from Bayou La Batre, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mobile Downtown, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFMFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOBILE DOWNTOWNSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 4,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMobile Downtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BFMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 70.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mobile Downtown: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 70.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFMFIG. B THE AIR AT MOBILE DOWNTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.4 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 72.0 F, 70.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEMobile Downtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Mobile Downtown, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFMFIG. C THE WIND AT MOBILE DOWNTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMobile Downtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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