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Our Town, Alabama

Community in Tallapoosa County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Our Town

Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 45 miles off.

70Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)70Moderate-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 77, moderate, Fri 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Our Town

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Our Town, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Our Town, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Morris FarmsS2178

At a soil climate station/29.0 mi away/220 ft/349 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank579of 798

Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/38.2 mi away/584 ft/15 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Alexander CityALXA1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/735 ft/166 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank157of 798

Alexander City 3.1 NNEAL-TP-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.9 mi away/654 ft/85 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Alexander City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Our Town, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Alexander City, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALXFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALEXANDER 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 SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLEAlexander City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ALXTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALX-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Alexander City: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ALXFIG. B THE AIR AT ALEXANDER 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 GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 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 POINTTITLEAlexander City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALXTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALX-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 Alexander 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 ALXFIG. C THE WIND AT ALEXANDER 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 FORCE73TITLEAlexander City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ALXTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ALX-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alexander City, in 6 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 Our Town

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

Near Our Town

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