Temperature
87 F at 11 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 87F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 1 PM (59%).
Now. Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport is 87° and mostly clear at 12 PM. With the humidity it feels like 97°. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the south-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 73° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 78° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:22 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 29 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 PM in Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Holiday (FL), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 4,200 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 26° / 206° | Calm | Calm |
| 09 / 27 | 7,001 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Brooksville (ASOS) (BKV), Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
87 F at 11 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 75 F, the air 68% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the south southwest at 12 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 12 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 7 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Brooksville (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/66 ft/10 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carrollwood 1NECWOF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.5 mi away/43 ft/33 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brooksville 9.4 SSWFL-HN-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/84 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/108 ft/32 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.