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Gulfcrest, Alabama

Community in Mobile County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Gulfcrest

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 24 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Gulfcrest

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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Visibility

How far you can see at Gulfcrest, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Gulfcrest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Fairhope 3 NE63869

At a climate reference station/38.1 mi away/95 ft/25 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank558of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Citronelle 3.2 WSWAL-MB-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/307 ft/187 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bay MinetteBAYA1

At a cooperative observer's station/27.5 mi away/289 ft/169 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mobile/Bates Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 21.1 mi from Gulfcrest, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mobile/Bates Field, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MOBFIG. A THE SKY OVER MOBILE/BATES FIELDSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETFEW 5,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMobile/Bates Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MOBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MOB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mobile/Bates Field: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MOBFIG. B THE AIR AT MOBILE/BATES FIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.5 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 67.0 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEMobile/Bates Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MOBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MOB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mobile/Bates Field, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MOBFIG. C THE WIND AT MOBILE/BATES FIELDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMobile/Bates Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MOBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MOB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mobile/Bates Field, 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 Gulfcrest

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

Near Gulfcrest

River and lake gauges