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Powell, Alabama

Town in DeKalb County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Powell

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 34 miles off.

22Good
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Powell

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Powell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Fort_Payne4A9

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/876 ft/362 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank6of 781

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/16.7 mi away/730 ft/508 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank522of 781

measured daily2 instruments

Rainsville 1.2 NAL-DK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,322 ft/84 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Fort PayneFOPA1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/912 ft/326 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank129of 781

Station report

The weather at Fort_Payne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Powell, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:35 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort_Payne, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A9FIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT_PAYNESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 10,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort_Payne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4A9-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort_Payne, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A9FIG. C THE WIND AT FORT_PAYNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort_Payne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4A9-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 876 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.99 inHg and the temperature at 55.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.22 inHg means its barometer reads 29.28 inHg.

Section from sea level of where Fort_Payne stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 876 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.99 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.22 and the station pressure it means, 29.28.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 4A9FIG. D WHERE FORT_PAYNE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFORT_PAYNE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT876 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.99 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.22 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.28 inHgTITLEFort_Payne, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS 4A9TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-4A9-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Fort_Payne, in 5 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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