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Paint Rock, Alabama

Town in Jackson County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Paint Rock

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Huntsville (AL), 20 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate15 mi
  • Ozone23Good16 ppb15 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good15 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Paint Rock

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 Paint Rock, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Paint Rock, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Aamu-JtgS2057

At a soil climate station/14.9 mi away/860 ft/139 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank535of 798

Guntersville8A1

At an airfield/18.4 mi away/610 ft/111 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank751of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Paint Rock 0.6 SSWAL-JC-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/616 ft/105 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Guntersville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.4 mi from Paint Rock, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Guntersville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8A1FIG. A THE SKY OVER GUNTERSVILLESECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEGuntersville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 8A1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8A1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Guntersville: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8A1FIG. B THE AIR AT GUNTERSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 68.0 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 POINTTITLEGuntersville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8A1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8A1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Guntersville, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 1 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 8A1FIG. C THE WIND AT GUNTERSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGuntersville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 8A1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-8A1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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