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Highland Lakes, Alabama

Community in Shelby County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Highland Lakes

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 9 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 73, moderate, Thu 11 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland Lakes

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 Highland Lakes, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Highland Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Meadowbrook 3.6 EAL-SH-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/823 ft/10 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cahaba Pump HouseCHTA1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/495 ft/338 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Birmingham Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.9 mi from Highland Lakes, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Birmingham Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BHMFIG. A THE SKY OVER BIRMINGHAM 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLEBirmingham Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BHMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BHM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Birmingham Muni: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BHMFIG. B THE AIR AT BIRMINGHAM 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.8 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEBirmingham Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BHMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BHM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Birmingham Muni, 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 BHMFIG. C THE WIND AT BIRMINGHAM MUNIPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEBirmingham Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BHMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BHM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Birmingham Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

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Near Highland Lakes

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

Near Highland Lakes

River and lake gauges