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Cherokee, Alabama

Town in Colbert County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Cherokee

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 37 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 1 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cherokee

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Cherokee, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Cherokee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Isbell FarmsS2173

At a soil climate station/4.4 mi away/603 ft/17 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank531of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Cherokee 4.4 ESEAL-CT-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/486 ft/100 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Muscle ShoalsMWPA1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.1 mi away/510 ft/76 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank13of 798

Station report

The weather at Muscle Shoals Rgnl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.5 mi from Cherokee, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 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 Muscle Shoals Rgnl, 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 MSLFIG. A THE SKY OVER MUSCLE SHOALS RGNLSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMuscle Shoals Rgnl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MSLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Muscle Shoals Rgnl: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MSLFIG. B THE AIR AT MUSCLE SHOALS RGNLTHE 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 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLEMuscle Shoals Rgnl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Muscle Shoals Rgnl, 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 MSLFIG. C THE WIND AT MUSCLE SHOALS RGNLPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMuscle Shoals Rgnl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MSLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MSL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Muscle Shoals (MWPA1), 18.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:15. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alabama

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

Near Cherokee

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

Near Cherokee

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