Citizen station FW3681FW3681
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.8 mi away/294 ft/124 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cottonwood, Alabama
Town in Houston County, Alabama* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and compromised trees. Trees damaged from Hurricane Isaias will be extra vulnerable to the elevated winds that may result in more downed trees in the area. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frequent wind gusts forecast around 30-35 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
68°
87°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Calm 0 mph S
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Cottonwood until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 87° today.
Now. Cottonwood is 68° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
8Air quality
88%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8765
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7156
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6851
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7350
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7751
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7952
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7952
overcast
68°
87°65°
71°56°
68°51°
73°50°
77°51°
79°52°
79°52°
As of 12:00 AM in Cottonwood, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Cottonwood
Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 24 miles off.
8Good
- Ozone8Good2 ppb23.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cottonwood
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cottonwood, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cottonwood, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cottonwood, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank771of 798
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.9 mi away/107 ft/63 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
River Road FarmsS2182
At a soil climate station/15.9 mi away/107 ft/63 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/20.3 mi away/400 ft/230 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dothan 4.2 SSEAL-HS-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/312 ft/142 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DothanDOTA1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/348 ft/178 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Dothan Municipal, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.3 mi from Cottonwood, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
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.
The wind
From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of Dothan Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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