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Thorsby, Alabama

Town in Chilton County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Thorsby

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 36 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Thorsby

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Thorsby, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Thorsby, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/7.5 mi away/584 ft/117 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

AlabasterEET

At an airfield/18.6 mi away/564 ft/137 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank643of 798

SelmaS2176

At a soil climate station/36.9 mi away/140 ft/561 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank580of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Thorsby Exp STNTHBA1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/705 ft/4 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Clanton 1.8 WAL-CH-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/641 ft/60 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Alabaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Thorsby, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Alabaster, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EETFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALABASTERSECTION, 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: 7 MI0510TITLEAlabaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EETTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EET-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 66.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Alabaster: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EETFIG. B THE AIR AT ALABASTERTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 65.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 68.0 F, 66.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLEAlabaster, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EETTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EET-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 Alabaster, 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 EETFIG. C THE WIND AT ALABASTERPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEAlabaster, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EETTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EET-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Alabaster, in 6 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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