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Spruce Pine, Alabama

Community in Franklin County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Spruce Pine

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 50 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Spruce Pine

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Spruce Pine, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Spruce Pine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Russellville 4 SSE63895

At a climate reference station/4.1 mi away/720 ft/299 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Al Russellville 4 SSERUXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/715 ft/304 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Haleyville1M4

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/932 ft/87 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 798

Sudduth FarmsS2179

At a soil climate station/21.5 mi away/772 ft/247 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank582of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Spruce Pine 3.6 NNWAL-FR-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/676 ft/343 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Al Russellville 4 SSERUXA1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/715 ft/304 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Haleyville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Spruce Pine, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Haleyville, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1M4FIG. A THE SKY OVER HALEYVILLESECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHaleyville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1M4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1M4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Haleyville: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1M4FIG. B THE AIR AT HALEYVILLETHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.8 FTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLEHaleyville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1M4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1M4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Haleyville, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 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 1M4FIG. C THE WIND AT HALEYVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHaleyville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1M4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1M4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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