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Blue Springs, Alabama

Town in Barbour County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Blue Springs

Index 4, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Columbus-Phenix City - GA and AL (AL), 47 miles off.

4Good
  • Ozone4Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 69, moderate, Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blue Springs

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

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Blue Springs, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Blue Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Fort RuckerHEY

At an airfield/23.9 mi away/318 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank663of 798

Troy 2 W23801

At a climate reference station/30.9 mi away/472 ft/114 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Ariton 9.0 ENEAL-BR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/465 ft/107 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ClaytonCLYA1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/449 ft/91 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank614of 798

Station report

The weather at Fort Rucker, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.9 mi from Blue Springs, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Fort Rucker, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEYFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT RUCKERSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEFort Rucker, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HEYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 61.5 F, 95 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Rucker: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.5, 95 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HEYFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT RUCKERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.1 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 61.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 POINTTITLEFort Rucker, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Fort Rucker, 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 HEYFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT RUCKERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFort Rucker, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HEYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HEY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Clayton (CLYA1), 15.2 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 Blue Springs

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Near Blue Springs

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