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Black, Alabama

Town in Geneva County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Black

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 23 miles off.

8Good
  • Ozone8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 81, moderate, Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Black

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Black, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Black, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Hartford 0.4 SSWAL-GV-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/272 ft/21 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Geneva No. 2GVAA1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/135 ft/116 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cairns AAF/Ozark, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.2 mi from Black, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 Cairns AAF/Ozark, 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 OZRFIG. A THE SKY OVER CAIRNS AAF/OZARKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECairns AAF/Ozark, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OZRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OZR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 64.2 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cairns AAF/Ozark: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.2, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OZRFIG. B THE AIR AT CAIRNS AAF/OZARKTHE 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 1,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.1 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 64.2 FSPREAD 4.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLECairns AAF/Ozark, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OZRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OZR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Cairns AAF/Ozark, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OZRFIG. C THE WIND AT CAIRNS AAF/OZARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECairns AAF/Ozark, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OZRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OZR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cairns AAF/Ozark, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

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

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

Near Black

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