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Bridgeport, Alabama

City in Jackson County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Bridgeport

Index 72, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Chattanooga (TN), 22 miles off.

72Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)72Moderate-
  • Ozone48Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 65, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bridgeport

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Bridgeport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bridgeport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Scottsburo4A6

At an airfield/24.2 mi away/650 ft/29 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank562of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Bridgeport 5 NWBRPA1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/778 ft/99 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Scottsburo, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.2 mi from Bridgeport, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,800 ft; the ceiling is 1,800 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Scottsburo, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,800 feet, the ceiling at 1,800 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A6FIG. A THE SKY OVER SCOTTSBUROSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEScottsburo, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4A6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.4 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Scottsburo: temperature 64.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A6FIG. B THE AIR AT SCOTTSBUROTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,800 FTTEMPERATURE 64.4 FDEW POINT 57.2 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEScottsburo, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4A6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 24 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Scottsburo, north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 24; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A6FIG. C THE WIND AT SCOTTSBUROPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 24 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEScottsburo, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-4A6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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