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Lookout Mountain, Alabama

Community in Etowah County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Lookout Mountain

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 5 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good6.9 mi
  • Ozone18Good17 ppb6.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 56, moderate, Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lookout Mountain

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lookout Mountain, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lookout Mountain, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD

At an airfield/10.9 mi away/568 ft/190 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Gadsden 19 N63857

At a climate reference station/12.9 mi away/1,152 ft/394 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank538of 798

Gadsden 19 NSMCA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/1,148 ft/390 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank296of 798

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/26.7 mi away/730 ft/28 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Gadsden 19 N, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 12.9 mi from Lookout Mountain, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

62.4 F with a dew point of 60.7 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gadsden 19 N: temperature 62.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.7, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63857FIG. B THE AIR AT GADSDEN 19 NTHE 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 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.2 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.4 F, 60.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEGadsden 19 N, the airSTATION REPORT · USCRN 63857TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63857-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Gadsden 19 N, 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 63857FIG. C THE WIND AT GADSDEN 19 NPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGadsden 19 N, the windSTATION REPORT · USCRN 63857TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63857-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,152 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.70 inHg and the temperature at 54.9 F; it reports 62.4 F, 7.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Gadsden 19 N stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,152 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.70 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 63857FIG. D WHERE GADSDEN 19 N 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 ATMOSPHEREGADSDEN 19 N4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,152 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 HERE28.70 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.4 FTITLEGadsden 19 N, the columnSTATION REPORT · USCRN 63857TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-63857-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Gadsden 19 N, in 5 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 Lookout Mountain

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

Near Lookout Mountain

River and lake gauges