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Margaret, Alabama

Town in St. Clair County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Margaret

Index 97, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 25 miles off.

97Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)97Moderate-
  • Ozone5Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)60Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 73, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 84, moderate, Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Margaret

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Margaret, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Margaret, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Pell CityPLR

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/475 ft/324 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank537of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Margaret 3.0 SAL-SC-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/741 ft/58 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank58of 798

Springville 4ESPRA1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/674 ft/125 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank640of 798

Station report

The weather at Pell City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Margaret, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Pell City, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 200 feet, the ceiling at 200 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLRFIG. A THE SKY OVER PELL CITYSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEPell City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PLRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 60.8 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 200 ft.

Chart of the air at Pell City: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.8, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PLRFIG. B THE AIR AT PELL CITYTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 60.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEPell City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PLRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLR-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 Pell City, 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 PLRFIG. C THE WIND AT PELL CITYPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPell City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PLRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PLR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Pell City, 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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