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McDonald Chapel, Alabama

Community in Jefferson County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at McDonald Chapel

Index 94, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 10 miles off.

94Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)94Moderate7.6 mi
  • Ozone5Good2 ppb1.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)52Moderate1.7 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at McDonald Chapel

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at McDonald Chapel, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McDonald Chapel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fairfield 1.8 NEAL-JF-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/623 ft/65 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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City Sewage PltBSMA1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/440 ft/118 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank182of 798

Station report

The weather at Birmingham Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from McDonald Chapel, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 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 7 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: 7 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

63.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Birmingham Muni: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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-020, 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

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