Brookside, Alabama Weather
Brookside, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Brookside, Tuscaloosa County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Brookside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Brookside is published on the Tuscaloosa National Airport (KTCL) page, 5 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Brookside have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Brookside: North Pickens Airport (K3M8) 44 km · Eutaw Municipal Airport (K3A7) 55 km · Bibb County Airport (K0A8) 56 km · Richard Arthur Field (KM95) 57 km · Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 60 km
Conditions reported at KTCL describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Brookside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Brookside.
About Brookside, Alabama
Brookside unfolds across gently rolling terrain, where the dense green of the Alabama woods presses in close to the quiet roads. It lies 1.2 miles north-east of Northport, AL (from Northport, AL: bearing 45°T), and is situated 2.2 miles north of Tuscaloosa. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of summer, carries the earthy scent of damp soil and pine needles, a perpetual perfume of the South. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, falls in broad, golden shafts, illuminating patches of wild azaleas and the occasional flash of a cardinal's crimson. The landscape itself feels lived-in, a place where nature has been nudged rather than conquered, with fields that yield to forest and small creeks that murmur their way through the undergrowth. The history of Brookside is entwined with the fertile soil and the industrious spirit of those who first settled here. Once a region supporting a modest agricultural economy, its character has been shaped by generations of farmers tending to crops that thrive in this climate. While vestiges of that agricultural past remain, the nearby presence of Tuscaloosa, with its renowned university and burgeoning industries, casts a long shadow, offering a different kind of opportunity. The rhythm of life in Brookside often mirrors the slow, deliberate pace of the seasons, a comforting constancy for its residents.
Live animated radar for Brookside and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Brookside, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.241229°N, 87.562784°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35594, 35473, 35036, 35214 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Brookside, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Brookside, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Brookside includes coordinates 33.241229°N, 87.562784°W, situated in Tuscaloosa County. ZIP code 35594, 35473, 35036, 35214. Telephone area code: 256, 205. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
