Storm Station
McCalla, Alabama
74°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 74°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
44%Humidity
59%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest McCalla, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/4.9 mi away/701 ft/118 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Northport 2 S73801

At a climate reference station/34.2 mi away/150 ft/433 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

NorthportNPXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/34.2 mi away/149 ft/434 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank237of 323

measured daily2 instruments

Bessemer 3.3 SSWAL-JF-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/553 ft/30 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

City Sewage PltBSMA1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/440 ft/143 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Northport, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 34.2 mi from McCalla. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 2:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Northport: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPXA1FIG. B THE AIR AT NORTHPORTTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.1 FTEMPERATURE 62.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLENorthport, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP NPXA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NPXA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Northport, 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 NPXA1FIG. C THE WIND AT NORTHPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENorthport, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP NPXA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NPXA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 149 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.76 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; it reports 62.6 F, 4.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Northport stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 149 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.76 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPXA1FIG. D WHERE NORTHPORT 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 ATMOSPHERENORTHPORT1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT149 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 HERE29.76 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.6 FTITLENorthport, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP NPXA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NPXA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Northport, in 5 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 McCalla

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