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Westover, Alabama

Town in Shelby County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Westover

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 16 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone39Good18 ppb16 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 73, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 1 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Westover

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Westover, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Westover, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AlabasterEET

At an airfield/17.5 mi away/564 ft/84 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank643of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Chelsea 3.5 ENEAL-SH-71

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/518 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank18of 798

Cahaba Pump HouseCHTA1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/495 ft/15 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Alabaster, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.5 mi from Westover, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,700 ft, broken at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 2,700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Alabaster, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 2,700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 10,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,700 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlabaster, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EETTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EET-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 63.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Alabaster: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 63.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,700 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 2,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,700 FTTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 63.0 FSPREAD 10.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (320 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Alabaster, north up: blowing from 320 degrees, the northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 320°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR 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

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