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Indian Springs Village, Alabama

City in Shelby County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Indian Springs Village

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 6 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate13.9 mi
  • Ozone7Good2 ppb5.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good13.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Thu 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Indian Springs Village

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Indian Springs Village, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Thu 1 AM.

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On the radar over Indian Springs Village, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Indian Springs Village, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/701 ft/108 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/36.2 mi away/584 ft/9 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank540of 770

measured daily2 instruments

Cahaba Pump HouseCHTA1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/495 ft/98 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW3156, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.1 mi from Indian Springs Village, Alabama. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW3156, 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 EW3156FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW3156PLAN, 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 EW3156, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3156TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-20IDSR-EW3156-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 511 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.37 inHg and the temperature at 57.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.25 inHg means its barometer reads 29.70 inHg; it reports 43.0 F, 14.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW3156 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 511 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.37 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.25 and the station pressure it means, 29.70.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3156FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW3156 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 EW31562 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT511 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 HERE29.37 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.25 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.70 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED43.0 FTITLECitizen station EW3156, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3156TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-20IDSR-EW3156-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 20 the noon sun stands 46 degrees above the horizon at 33.39 N, and the day is 11 h 04 min long. Level ground there takes 72 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW3156, angles true: on Oct 20 it stands 46 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 04 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW3156FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW3156ELEVATION 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 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 20, 46°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 04 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 72 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.39 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -10.5°TITLECitizen station EW3156, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW3156TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-20IDSR-EW3156-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW3156, in 4 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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