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New Union, Alabama

Community in Etowah County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at New Union

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 12 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 71, moderate, Fri 3 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at New Union

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 New Union, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest New Union, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

AlbertvilleBFZ

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/1,040 ft/62 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank269of 798

Gadsden 19 N63857

At a climate reference station/16.8 mi away/1,152 ft/50 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank538of 798

Gadsden 19 NSMCA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.8 mi away/1,148 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank296of 798

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/20.3 mi away/730 ft/372 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 798

measured daily2 instruments

BoazBOZA1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/1,082 ft/20 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank434of 798

Boaz 1.1 WNWAL-MS-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/1,020 ft/82 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Albertville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from New Union, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albertville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFZFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBERTVILLESECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbertville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BFZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.8 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Albertville: temperature 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFZFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBERTVILLETHE 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 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.3 FTEMPERATURE 69.8 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEAlbertville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 13 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albertville, north up: blowing from 210 degrees, the south southwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFZFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBERTVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 210°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbertville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Boaz (BOZA1), 4.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alabama

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near New Union

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

Near New Union

River and lake gauges