Temperature
78 F at 4 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 73 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 78F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 73F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
Medium airport in Hillsborough County, Florida78°
89°/76°
Clear·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (73%).
Now. MacDill Air Force Base is 78° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 77° by 7 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. Highs stay close to 80° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (76%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:24 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
91%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
78feels78
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8976
41%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8176
76%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7865
20mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8066
16mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8166
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8166
12mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8165
12mph
UV 8
78°
89°76°
81°76°
78°65°
80°66°
81°66°
81°66°
81°65°
As of 5:00 AM in MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
Air quality
The air at MacDill Air Force Base
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, St. Petersburg (FL), 13 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at MacDill Air Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at MacDill Air Force Base, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MCF
- ICAO
- KMCF
- IATA
- MCF
- Field elevation
- 14 ft
- Serves
- Tampa
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MCF
- Wind now
- From 80° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 04:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 11,421 ft | 151 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 6 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Macdill AFB/Tampa (MCF), MacDill Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 75 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM Thursday to 93% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 75F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 50 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the east at 4 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 4 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 8 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,700 ft at 11 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 9 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,700ft
- 11 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 9
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Macdill AFB/Tampa: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest MacDill Air Force Base, 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/13 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Ruskin WFOTBW
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.4 mi away/39 ft/25 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
MacDill AFB 0.0 NNEFL-HB-131
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/7 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Petersburg 6WNWSZPF1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/23 ft/9 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at St Petersburg 6WNW (SZPF1), 13.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near MacDill Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tampacity, 8 mi
- Gibsontoncommunity, 9 mi
- Apollo Beachcommunity, 10 mi
- Feather Soundcommunity, 10 mi
- St. Petersburgcity, 10 mi
- Lealmancommunity, 10 mi
- Progress Villagecommunity, 10 mi
- Palm River-Clair Melcommunity, 11 mi
- Ruskincommunity, 11 mi
- Tampa Bayfeature, 12 mi
- Pinellas Parkcity, 12 mi
- Egypt Lake-Letocommunity, 12 mi
Airports near MacDill Air Force Base
- Peter O Knight AirportTPF, 6 mi
- Albert Whitted AirportSPG, 9 mi
- Tampa International AirportTPA, 9 mi
- St. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportPIE, 11 mi
- Tampa Executive AirportVDF, 16 mi
- Clearwater Air ParkCLW, 17 mi
- Plant City Municipal AirportPCM, 24 mi
- Sarasota Bradenton International AirportSRQ, 31 mi