Temperature
83 F at 4 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 83 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 83F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 83F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (93%).
Now. Palm Beach County Park Airport is 82° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. With the humidity it feels like 87°. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Sunday, near 82°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (98%) and Sunday (84%). Rain is possible Monday (35%), Tuesday (35%) and Thursday (35%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 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 4:00 AM in Palm Beach County Park Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.6 miles Sat 4 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 3,256 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 32° / 212° | 3 mph head, on 04 | 6 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 | 3,489 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 92° / 272° | 7 mph head, on 10 | 1 mph from the right |
| 16 / 34 | 3,421 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | 4 mph head, on 16 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Lantana (LNA), Palm Beach County Park Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
83 F at 4 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 83 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 73 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 3 PM Thursday to 74% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
8 mph from the east at 4 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 11 AM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.02 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than 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 1,400 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 19 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
Lantana: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Palm Beach County Park Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
LantanaLNA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/27 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Loxahatchee RAWSLOHF1
A remote fire weather station/10.6 mi away/26 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lantana 0.7 WSWFL-PB-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/15 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Greenacres 3SW - Lake WorthGLWF1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/16 ft/2 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.