Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 81° after 90° today.
Now. Orlando International Airport is 77° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° 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 81°, and the coolest Sunday, near 76°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 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 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Orlando International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Orlando (FL), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17L / 35R | 9,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 2 mph head, on 35R | 7 mph from the right |
| 17R / 35L | 10,000 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 2 mph head, on 35L | 7 mph from the right |
| 18L / 36R | 12,005 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 180° / 0° | 2 mph head, on 36R | 7 mph from the right |
| 18R / 36L | 12,004 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 179° / 359° | 2 mph head, on 36L | 7 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Orlando International (MCO), Orlando International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
77 F at 11 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 72 F, the air 83% saturated; the humidity ran from 49% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the east northeast at 11 PM Thursday; at its strongest 12 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 11 PM Thursday, 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 2,500 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 15 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
Orlando International: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Orlando International 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/105 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Merritt Island RAWSMRFF1
A remote fire weather station/38.0 mi away/16 ft/80 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Titusville 7 E92821
At a climate reference station/39.6 mi away/3 ft/93 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Meadow Wood 2.0 ESEFL-OR-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/86 ft/10 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forestry TowerORNF1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/98 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.