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Chatom, Alabama

Town in Washington County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Chatom

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 52 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone5Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Chatom

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Chatom, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Chatom, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.5 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

measured daily2 instruments

Fruitdale 1.3 SSWAL-WS-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.5 mi away/239 ft/71 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Wtr PltJCKA1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.7 mi away/108 ft/60 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank489of 798

Station report

The weather at Grove Hill RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 33.1 mi from Chatom, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:26 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 61.3 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Grove Hill RAWS: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.3, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GHAA1FIG. B THE AIR AT GROVE HILL RAWSTHE 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 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.2 FTEMPERATURE 70.0 FDEW POINT 61.3 FSPREAD 8.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEGrove Hill RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP GHAA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GHAA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (282 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 6 mph.

Plan of the wind at Grove Hill RAWS, north up: blowing from 282 degrees, the west northwest, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GHAA1FIG. C THE WIND AT GROVE HILL RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 282°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGrove Hill RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP GHAA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GHAA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 476 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.41 inHg and the temperature at 57.3 F; it reports 70.0 F, 12.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Grove Hill RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 476 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.41 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GHAA1FIG. D WHERE GROVE HILL RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREGROVE HILL RAWS2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT476 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.41 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED70.0 FTITLEGrove Hill RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP GHAA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GHAA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Grove Hill RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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