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Gaylesville, Alabama

Town in Cherokee County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Gaylesville

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Rome (GA), 14 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gaylesville

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Gaylesville, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Gaylesville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fort_Payne4A9

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/876 ft/279 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 781

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/36.7 mi away/730 ft/133 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank522of 781

measured daily2 instruments

Cedar Bluff 3.3 ENEAL-CE-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/591 ft/6 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CentreCTRA1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/568 ft/29 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank427of 781

Station report

The weather at Fort_Payne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Gaylesville, Alabama. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 4:55 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort_Payne, 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 4A9FIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT_PAYNESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFort_Payne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4A9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort_Payne, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 10 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 4A9FIG. C THE WIND AT FORT_PAYNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort_Payne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4A9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 876 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.99 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.33 inHg means its barometer reads 29.38 inHg.

Section from sea level of where Fort_Payne stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 876 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.99 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.33 and the station pressure it means, 29.38.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A9FIG. D WHERE FORT_PAYNE 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 ATMOSPHEREFORT_PAYNE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT876 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 HERE28.99 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.33 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.38 inHgTITLEFort_Payne, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4A9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Fort_Payne, in 5 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.

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