Tuscaloosa, AL Weather Forecast
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Tuscaloosa, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Tuscaloosa, AL at a glance
Tuscaloosa is home to about 111,338 people in Tuscaloosa County, across 62 square miles. It ranks 5th by population of 154 places in Alabama with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Northport, 4 miles away.
- County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Population
- 111,338 2023 est.
- Land area
- 62 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,791
- Forecast point
- 33.2344°N, 87.5283°W
How well can the network see Tuscaloosa?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBMX (Birmingham, AL), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 3,000 ft above Tuscaloosa. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Tuscaloosa is closer to its radar than 50% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KTCL (Tuscaloosa Rgnl). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Tuscaloosa
- Northport, AL4 mi
- Moundville, AL17 mi
- Lake View, AL23 mi
- Brent, AL29 mi
- Centreville, AL30 mi
- Hueytown, AL32 mi
- Bessemer, AL34 mi
- Eutaw, AL34 mi
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