Storm Station
West Blocton, Alabama
65°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 65°·Light air 1 mph NNE
Sunny. High near 86, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. North wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
61%Humidity
51%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Blocton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/17.6 mi away/701 ft/182 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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SprottOKMA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.9 mi away/453 ft/66 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank143of 323

Northport 2 S73801

At a climate reference station/27.6 mi away/150 ft/369 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

West BloctonWBLA1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/515 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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North Johns 7.5 SEAL-JF-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.2 mi away/574 ft/55 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sprott, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 22.9 mi from West Blocton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:18 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 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 Sprott: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 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 OKMA1FIG. B THE AIR AT SPROTTTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 55.0 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 POINTTITLESprott, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP OKMA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OKMA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sprott, 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 OKMA1FIG. C THE WIND AT SPROTTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESprott, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP OKMA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OKMA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 453 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.43 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; it reports 57.0 F, 0.4 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Sprott stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 453 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.43 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OKMA1FIG. D WHERE SPROTT 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 ATMOSPHERESPROTT2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT453 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 HERE29.43 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLESprott, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP OKMA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OKMA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Sprott, 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 West Blocton

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