Heat Advisory — Marion, AL, Lamar, AL, Fayette, AL, Walker, AL, Jefferson, AL, Shelby, AL 9:00 PM Heat Advisory — Pickens, AL, Tuscaloosa, AL, Sumter, AL, Greene, AL, Hale, AL, Perry, AL, Bibb, AL, Chilton, AL, Marengo, AL, Dallas, AL, Autauga, AL, Lowndes, AL, Elmore, AL, Montgomery, AL 9:00 PM

Pickens County, Alabama, United States

Last updated: 1:02 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 29°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 34°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
6 mph SW
Humidity
85%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.67 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
81%
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Sunset
7:31 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Pickens County is currently mostly cloudy at 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2337 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:19AM · Sunset: 7:31PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Marion, AL, Lamar, AL, Fayette, AL, Walker, AL, Jefferson, AL, Shelby, AL
Expires 9:00 PM
Heat Advisory
Pickens, AL, Tuscaloosa, AL, Sumter, AL, Greene, AL, Hale, AL, Perry, AL, Bibb, AL, Chilton, AL, Marengo, AL, Dallas, AL, Autauga, AL, Lowndes, AL, Elmore, AL, Montgomery, AL
Expires 9:00 PM
48 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
27%
2 AM
24°
25%
3 AM
24°
7%
4 AM
23°
16%
5 AM
22°
16%
6 AM
22°
17%
7 AM
22°
16%
8 AM
23°
16%
9 AM
24°
19%
10 AM
26°
24%
11 AM
27°
24%
12 PM
28°
25%
1 PM
32°
25%
2 PM
33°
25%
3 PM
33°
28%
4 PM
33°
28%
5 PM
34°
22%
6 PM
34°
18%
7 PM
33°
18%
8 PM
32°
18%
9 PM
28°
20%
10 PM
26°
20%
11 PM
25°
11%
12 AM
24°
6%
7-Day Forecast
Today
34° 21°
Partly Cloudy with a 28% chance of rain.
Sat
37° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
38° 21°
Mostly Clear with a 59% chance of rain.
Mon
32° 19°
Mostly Clear with a 74% chance of rain.
Tue
37° 20°
Rain, 69% chance.
Wed
38° 23°
Rain, 82% chance.
Thu
34° 19°
Rain, 90% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Cloudy 27% 6 mph SW 85%
2 AM 24° Overcast 25% 4 mph SW 90%
3 AM 24° Overcast 7% 3 mph W 92%
4 AM 23° Overcast 16% 3 mph NNW 93%
5 AM 22° Mostly Cloudy 16% 2 mph NNW 93%
6 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 17% 2 mph NNW 92%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 16% 3 mph WSW 91%
8 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 16% 2 mph WSW 86%
9 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 19% 2 mph W 81%
10 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 24% 2 mph W 76%
11 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 24% 2 mph W 71%
12 PM 28° Mostly Cloudy 25% 2 mph WNW 65%
1 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 25% 2 mph WNW 60%
2 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 25% 2 mph NW 58%
3 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 28% 3 mph NW 57%
4 PM 33° Mostly Clear 28% 3 mph NNW 56%
5 PM 34° Mostly Clear 22% 3 mph NNW 59%
6 PM 34° Mostly Clear 18% 3 mph NNW 62%
7 PM 33° Clear 18% 3 mph NW 65%
8 PM 32° Mostly Clear 18% 3 mph NW 67%
9 PM 28° Mostly Clear 20% 3 mph WNW 69%
10 PM 26° Mostly Clear 20% 3 mph WNW 71%
11 PM 25° Mostly Clear 11% 2 mph NW 72%
12 AM 24° Mostly Clear 6% 2 mph NW 74%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Partly Cloudy
28%
21°
34°
Sat
8/22
Mostly Clear
6%
21°
37°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
59%
21°
38°
Mon
8/24
Mostly Clear
74%
19°
32°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
20°
37°
Wed
8/26
Rain
82%
23°
38°
Thu
8/27
Rain
90%
19°
34°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
43%
19°
37°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
44%
21°
38°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
20°
38°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
22°
37°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
22°
37°
Wed
9/2
Drizzle
60%
22°
37°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
60%
22°
36°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
21°
37°
48
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
48 AQI 8.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
36 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 48 Good 36 48
Sat 39 Good 39 38
Sun 48 Good 35 48
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Fri Aug 21, 03:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1229 J/kg
MLCAPE1505 J/kg
MUCAPE1918 J/kg
SBCIN-261 J/kg
MLCIN-184 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear14 kt
0–1 km Shear8 kt
Eff. Shear17 kt
0–1 km SRH36
0–3 km SRH48
Eff. SRH32
Storm Motion38° @ 8 kt
0–1 km EHI0.3
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index38.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.08 in
0–3 km LR5.3 °C/km
700–500 LR6.1 °C/km
Total Totals48.7
LCL954 hPa
LFC747 hPa
EL190 hPa
Freezing Lvl14,892 ft