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Ranburne, Alabama

Town in Cleburne County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Ranburne

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Rome (GA), 51 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ranburne

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ranburne, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WedoweeS2175

At a soil climate station/16.7 mi away/934 ft/96 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank584of 781

Wedowee ScanWEDA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.8 mi away/934 ft/96 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank487of 781

AnnistonANB

At an airfield/29.4 mi away/597 ft/433 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank95of 781

measured daily2 instruments

Heflin 10.5 EAL-CL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/1,049 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Water PlantHEFA1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/922 ft/108 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Anniston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.4 mi from Ranburne, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 3,900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Anniston, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, the ceiling at 3,900 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANBFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANNISTONSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAnniston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ANBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ANB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 45.0 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,900 ft.

Chart of the air at Anniston: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 45.0, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,900 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANBFIG. B THE AIR AT ANNISTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 3,900 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 45.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEAnniston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ANB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Anniston, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANBFIG. C THE WIND AT ANNISTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAnniston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ANB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Anniston, 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 Ranburne

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Near Ranburne

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