Westover, Alabama Weather
Westover, 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 Westover, Shelby County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Westover. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Westover is published on the Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal Airport (KSCD) page, 29 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 Westover 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 Westover: Shelby County Airport (KEET) 30 km · Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (KBHM) 31 km · St Clair County Airport (KPLR) 35 km · Bessemer Airport (KEKY) 36 km · Talladega Municipal Airport (KASN) 51 km
Conditions reported at KSCD describe the airfield itself. Weather 29 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Westover specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Westover.
About Westover, Alabama
Westover unfolds across rolling hills, where the fertile earth, a deep, warm red, slopes gently towards the winding Coosa River. It lies 16.1 miles east-south-east of Vestavia Hills, AL (from Vestavia Hills, AL: bearing 115°T), and is situated 5.5 miles east of Chelsea. Oak and hickory trees form a verdant canopy, their leaves rustling secrets in the humid Alabama air, a sound that mingles with the distant hum of cicadas. Sunlight, when it breaks through, lays golden coins on the dusty roads that snake between modest homes and weathered barns, each structure a quiet testament to lives lived simply and deliberately. The landscape here breathes with a patient, enduring quality, as if the very land remembers the slow march of seasons and the steady pulse of its own being. The roots of Westover run deep into a past shaped by agriculture and the quiet ambition of generations seeking a foothold on this rich soil. For years, the economy here was tied to the bounty of the land, with cotton fields stretching under the vast Southern sky and the Coosa River serving as a vital artery for transport and trade. Though the landscape has softened, the echoes of that industrious spirit remain, visible in the enduring strength of the community and the quiet pride of its residents. There's a timelessness to Westover, a sense that the present is built upon the solid foundations of a history that continues to whisper on the breeze.
Live animated radar for Westover 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 | Westover, Shelby County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 33.349555°N, 86.535816°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35147, 35185 |
| Area Code | 205, 256 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Westover, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westover, 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 Westover includes coordinates 33.349555°N, 86.535816°W, situated in Shelby County. ZIP code 35147, 35185. Telephone area code: 205, 256. 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.
