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Highland Lake, Alabama

Town in Blount County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Highland Lake

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 25 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb24.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-24.3 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland Lake

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Highland Lake, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Highland Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD

At an airfield/20.0 mi away/568 ft/404 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Cullman 3 ENE63867

At a climate reference station/29.8 mi away/800 ft/172 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

Cullman-NAHRCS2113

At a soil climate station/30.4 mi away/799 ft/173 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank530of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Oneonta 8.0 SEAL-BL-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/1,430 ft/458 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OneontaONEA1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/902 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank8of 798

Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW8868, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 14.8 mi from Highland Lake, Alabama. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW8868, 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 EW8868FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW8868PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW8868, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW8868TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW8868-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 738 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.13 inHg and the temperature at 56.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 29.25 inHg; it reports 60.0 F, 3.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW8868 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 738 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 29.25.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW8868FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW8868 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW88683 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT738 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 HERE29.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.25 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.0 FTITLECitizen station EW8868, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW8868TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW8868-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 47 degrees above the horizon at 33.67 N, and the day is 11 h 11 min long. Level ground there takes 73 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW8868, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 47 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 56 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 11 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW8868FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW8868ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 56°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 47°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 11 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 73 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.67 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW8868, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW8868TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW8868-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW8868, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Oneonta (ONEA1), 5.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 21:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alabama

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

Near Highland Lake

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

Near Highland Lake

River and lake gauges