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Sims Chapel, Alabama

Community in Washington County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Sims Chapel

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 35 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sims Chapel

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Sims Chapel, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sims Chapel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Bay Minette1R8

At an airfield/30.8 mi away/236 ft/134 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank759of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Citronelle 5.4 NNEAL-WS-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/351 ft/249 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Wtr PltJCKA1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.4 mi away/108 ft/6 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank489of 798

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW2037, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 24.6 mi from Sims Chapel, Alabama. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW2037, 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 GW2037FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW2037PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW2037, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW2037TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW2037-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 241 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.66 inHg and the temperature at 58.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.01 inHg means its barometer reads 29.75 inHg; it reports 67.0 F, 8.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW2037 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 241 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.66 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.01 and the station pressure it means, 29.75.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW2037FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW2037 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW20371 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT241 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 HERE29.66 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.01 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.75 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.0 FTITLECitizen station GW2037, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW2037TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW2037-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 50 degrees above the horizon at 30.88 N, and the day is 11 h 16 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW2037, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 50 degrees above the horizon, against 83 at the June solstice, 59 at the equinoxes and 36 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 16 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW2037FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW2037ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 83°EQUINOXES 59°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 36°OCT 16, 50°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 16 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 77 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 30.88 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW2037, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW2037TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW2037-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW2037, in 4 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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Near Sims Chapel

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