Grand Bay, Alabama Weather
Grand Bay, 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 Grand Bay, Mobile County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Grand Bay. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Grand Bay is published on the St Elmo Airport (K2R5) page, 7 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 Grand Bay 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 Grand Bay: Roy E. Ray Airport (K5R7) 13 km · Trent Lott International Airport (KPQL) 18 km · Mobile Regional Airport (KMOB) 26 km · Mobile Downtown Airport (KBFM) 31 km · Dauphin Island Airport (K4R9) 32 km
Conditions reported at K2R5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Grand Bay specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Grand Bay.
About Grand Bay, Alabama
Grand Bay is a place where the air hangs thick and sweet, a humid embrace scented with pine needles and the distant, briny kiss of the Gulf. It lies 23.3 miles south-west of Mobile, AL (from Mobile, AL: bearing 230°T), and is situated 7.5 miles north-west of Bayou La Batre. The landscape here is a study in patient, green endurance, low-lying and often soft underfoot, crisscrossed by sluggish bayous and dark, tea-colored creeks that snake through dense stands of cypress and loblolly pine. Sunlight filters through the canopy in shifting mosaics, dappling the undergrowth with a golden, ephemeral light that seems to hold the very stillness of the place. The land feels ancient, worn smooth by the slow passage of water and the persistent whisper of wind through the broad leaves of magnolias, a quiet testament to a long, unhurried history. This particular corner of Mobile County, Grand Bay, has long been shaped by the rhythms of the land and the water. Its early days were tied to the timber industry, the towering pines felled and floated down the bayous to sawmills, a legacy still visible in the scattered remnants of old logging roads and the weathered barns that dot the more open fields. Today, agriculture plays a vital role, with sprawling fields of soybeans and corn testifying to the fertile, dark soil, and the sweet scent of ripening strawberries sometimes drifting on the breeze. The proximity to the larger coastal cities means that life here possesses a gentle, almost sleepy pace, a stark contrast to the bustling energy of the coast, yet still deeply connected to its maritime heritage, with many residents finding their livelihoods on the water or in businesses that serve the constant flow of visitors drawn to the Gulf's allure.
Live animated radar for Grand Bay 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 | Grand Bay, Mobile County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30.476308°N, 88.34223°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 36541 |
| Area Code | 251 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Grand Bay, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grand Bay, 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 Grand Bay includes coordinates 30.476308°N, 88.342230°W, situated in Mobile County. ZIP code 36541. Telephone area code: 251. 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.
