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Union, Alabama

Town in Greene County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Union

Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Tuscaloosa (AL), 30 miles off.

6Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 69, moderate, Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Union

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Union, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Union, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Moundville 8.1 SSWAL-HL-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/171 ft/93 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Tuscaloosa Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 23.0 mi from Union, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:30 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 1.5 mi.

Section of the sky over Tuscaloosa Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 1.5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. A THE SKY OVER TUSCALOOSA MUNISECTION, 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: 1.5 MI0510TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Tuscaloosa Muni: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TCLFIG. B THE AIR AT TUSCALOOSA MUNITHE 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 GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 63.0 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 POINTTITLETuscaloosa Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-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 Tuscaloosa Muni, 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 TCLFIG. C THE WIND AT TUSCALOOSA MUNIPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLETuscaloosa Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TCLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TCL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Tuscaloosa Muni, 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 Union

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

Near Union

River and lake gauges