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Coaling, Alabama

Town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Coaling

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Tuscaloosa (AL), 13 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good9.2 mi
  • Ozone34Good39 ppb9.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-22.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Coaling

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Coaling, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Coaling, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Northport 2 S73801

At a climate reference station/14.5 mi away/150 ft/228 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Cottondale 6.4 SEAL-TS-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/329 ft/49 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Tuscaloosa Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.0 mi from Coaling, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Tuscaloosa Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. A THE SKY OVER TUSCALOOSA MUNISECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 58 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Tuscaloosa Muni: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 58 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. B THE AIR AT TUSCALOOSA MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.3 FTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 58 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 POINTTITLETuscaloosa Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Tuscaloosa Muni, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. C THE WIND AT TUSCALOOSA MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Holt Lock And Dam (TCLA1), 8.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 06:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alabama

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

Near Coaling

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

Near Coaling

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