Storm Station
Rainbow City, Alabama
56°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 56°·Light air 1 mph N
Sunny. High near 85, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North wind 0 to 10 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
70%Humidity
45%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rainbow City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/568 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank25of 323

Mt. Longleaf RAWSLGLA1

A remote fire weather station/23.1 mi away/1,017 ft/447 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank46of 323

Gadsden 19 N63857

At a climate reference station/23.2 mi away/1,152 ft/582 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/34.7 mi away/730 ft/160 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Rainbow City 2.8 NNEAL-ET-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/556 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Gadsden Water WorksGADA1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/525 ft/45 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Gadsden Muni (AWOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.7 mi from Rainbow City. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:56 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 Gadsden Muni (AWOS), 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 GADFIG. A THE SKY OVER GADSDEN MUNI (AWOS)SECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEGadsden Muni (AWOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GADTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GAD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 51.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Gadsden Muni (AWOS): temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GADFIG. B THE AIR AT GADSDEN MUNI (AWOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 51.0 F, 51.0 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 POINTTITLEGadsden Muni (AWOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GADTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GAD-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 Gadsden Muni (AWOS), 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 GADFIG. C THE WIND AT GADSDEN MUNI (AWOS)PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEGadsden Muni (AWOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GADTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-GAD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Gadsden Muni (AWOS), 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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Near Rainbow City

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