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Shorter, Alabama

Town in Macon County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Shorter

Index 66, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 20 miles off.

66Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)66Moderate18.9 mi
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb18.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Shorter

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. 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 Shorter, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Shorter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Morris FarmsS2178

At a soil climate station/1.9 mi away/220 ft/58 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank579of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Pike Road 6.2 NNEAL-MY-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/278 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MathewsMATA1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/276 ft/2 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Maxwell AFB/Montgom, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.9 mi from Shorter, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 0 ft; visibility 1/2 mi.

Section of the sky over Maxwell AFB/Montgom, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 0 feet, and visibility of 1/2 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXFFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMSECTION, 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 SHEETFEW 0 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/2 MI0510TITLEMaxwell AFB/Montgom, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MXFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

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; the lowest cloud reported is at 0 ft.

Chart of the air at Maxwell AFB/Montgom: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 0 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MXFFIG. B THE AIR AT MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMTHE 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 GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 0 FTTEMPERATURE 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 POINTTITLEMaxwell AFB/Montgom, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXF-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 Maxwell AFB/Montgom, 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 MXFFIG. C THE WIND AT MAXWELL AFB/MONTGOMPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMaxwell AFB/Montgom, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MXFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MXF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Maxwell AFB/Montgom, 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 Shorter

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

Near Shorter

River and lake gauges