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Gordo, Alabama

Town in Pickens County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Gordo

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Tuscaloosa (AL), 22 miles off.

23Good
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gordo

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Gordo, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

NorthportNPXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.7 mi away/149 ft/130 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank550of 781

Northport 2 S73801

At a climate reference station/19.8 mi away/150 ft/129 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank532of 781

measured daily2 instruments

Gordo 2.0 WAL-PC-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/255 ft/24 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ReformRFMA1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/244 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Tuscaloosa Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.4 mi from Gordo, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Tuscaloosa Muni, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TCL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 53 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 10,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Tuscaloosa Muni: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 53 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 10,000 feet; 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 10,000 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 17.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 53 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TCL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 31 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Tuscaloosa Muni, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 31; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh 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 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 31 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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

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