Lookout Mountain, Alabama Weather
Lookout Mountain, 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 Lookout Mountain, Etowah County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lookout Mountain. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lookout Mountain is published on the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (KGAD) page, 19 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 Lookout Mountain 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 Lookout Mountain: Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik Field (KBFZ) 29 km · Centre-Piedmont-Cherokee County Regional Airport (KPYP) 33 km · Robbins Field (K20A) 41 km · Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field (K8A1) 42 km · Isbell Field (K4A9) 46 km
Conditions reported at KGAD describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lookout Mountain specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Lookout Mountain.
About Lookout Mountain, Alabama
Lookout Mountain rises, a verdant sentinel in Etowah County, its slopes draped in the deep greens of hardwood forests. It lies 7.1 miles north-north-east of Gadsden, AL (from Gadsden, AL: bearing 18°T), and is situated 9.2 miles north-east of Attalla. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of decaying leaves and the sharp tang of pine needles, a perfume that deepens with the afternoon sun. Ancient oaks and hickory trees, their branches gnarled like arthritic fingers, reach towards the sky, creating a dappled canopy that shifts and dances with the breeze. Below, the land falls away in a series of rugged inclines and hidden ravines, where the rustle of unseen creatures and the murmur of distant streams are the dominant sounds. The very shape of the terrain suggests a patient, unhurried sculpting by forces far older than human memory, a landscape that invites contemplation rather than haste. The history of Lookout Mountain is less about grand pronouncements and more about quiet endurance, a narrative woven into the very grain of the earth. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained small farms, the legacy of which can still be glimpsed in overgrown fence lines and the occasional stubborn heirloom apple tree. While large-scale industry has largely bypassed this particular stretch of the mountain, the local economy has always been tied to the land, a steady rhythm of agriculture and resourcefulness. Evidence of earlier inhabitants, though subtle, can be found in scattered arrowheads and the faint outlines of ancient clearings, whispers of lives lived in harmony with this generous, if sometimes formidable, terrain. The character of Lookout Mountain is one of quiet resilience, a place where the past is not a burden but a foundation, and where the present unfolds at a pace dictated by the turning seasons and the enduring strength of the natural world.
Live animated radar for Lookout Mountain 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 | Lookout Mountain, Etowah County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.111511°N, 85.969101°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35904 |
| Area Code | 334, 205 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lookout Mountain, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lookout Mountain, 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 Lookout Mountain includes coordinates 34.111511°N, 85.969101°W, situated in Etowah County. ZIP code 35904. Telephone area code: 334, 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.
