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Belk, Alabama

Town in Fayette County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Belk

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Tuscaloosa (AL), 34 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Belk

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Belk, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Belk, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Northport 2 S73801

At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/150 ft/259 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Fayette 1.3 SAL-FY-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/336 ft/73 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank461of 798

FayetteFYTA1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/328 ft/81 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank458of 798

Station report

The weather at Tuscaloosa Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 35.4 mi from Belk, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 2,800 ft; the ceiling is 2,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Tuscaloosa Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 2,800 feet, the ceiling at 2,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. A THE SKY OVER TUSCALOOSA MUNISECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 65 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Tuscaloosa Muni: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 65 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. B THE AIR AT TUSCALOOSA MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 2,800 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 56.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 65 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 POINTTITLETuscaloosa Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 22 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Tuscaloosa Muni, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 22 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. C THE WIND AT TUSCALOOSA MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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