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Emerald Mountain, Alabama

Community in Elmore County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Emerald Mountain

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 17 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 68, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 92, moderate, Thu 10 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Emerald Mountain

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 Emerald Mountain, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Emerald Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Morris FarmsS2178

At a soil climate station/11.0 mi away/220 ft/116 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank579of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Wetumpka 7.0 SSEAL-EL-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/170 ft/166 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Tallapoosa Water PlantMGYA1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/157 ft/179 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Maxwell AFB/Montgom, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.5 mi from Emerald Mountain, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 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 Maxwell AFB/Montgom, 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 MXFFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMaxwell AFB/Montgom, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MXFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.3 F with a dew point of 67.5 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Maxwell AFB/Montgom: temperature 69.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 67.5, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXFFIG. B THE AIR AT MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 69.3 F, 67.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEMaxwell AFB/Montgom, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Maxwell AFB/Montgom, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXFFIG. C THE WIND AT MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMaxwell AFB/Montgom, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Maxwell AFB/Montgom, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

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

Near Emerald Mountain

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

Near Emerald Mountain

River and lake gauges