Temperature
77 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 76 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 77F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 76F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport is 78° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 4 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. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 82°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (94%) and Sunday (73%). Rain is possible Monday (30%) and Thursday (35%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:17 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 13 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Sat 7 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L / 26R unlit | 3,700 ft | 75 ft | Grass | 82° / 262° | 0 mph head, on 08L | 2 mph from the left |
| 08R / 26L | 4,300 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 85° / 265° | 0 mph head, on 08R | 2 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 4,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 1 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from West Palm Beach (F45), North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 12 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 76 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 77 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 2 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,600 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
West Palm Beach: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest North Palm Beach County General Aviation Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/29 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
St Lucie Canal 6 SSW St Lucie Lock and DamSLLF1
At a dam/18.8 mi away/20 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Palm Beach GardensPBGF1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/43 ft/21 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Palm Beach Gardens 1.7 NWFL-PB-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/26 ft/4 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.