Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 86% around 3 PM.
Now. Miami International Airport is 82° and light rain at 12 AM. With the humidity it feels like 90°. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 78° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Sunday, near 83°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (95%) and Sunday (73%). Rain is possible Monday (46%), Tuesday (35%) and Thursday (38%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:20 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 34 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Miami International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 1 mile off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Sat 1 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L / 26R | 8,600 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 10 mph head, on 08L | 2 mph from the right |
| 08R / 26L | 10,506 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 10 mph head, on 08R | 2 mph from the right |
| 09 / 27 | 13,016 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 10 mph head, on 09 | 2 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 9,360 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | 9 mph head, on 12 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Miami INTL Airport (MIA), Miami International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
82 F at 11 PM Thursday; 90 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 81 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 77 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 3 PM Thursday to 85% at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the east at 11 PM Thursday; at its strongest 13 mph, 5 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 11 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 11 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,100 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Miami INTL Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Miami International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/1.8 mi away/13 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tamiami Canal Near Coral GablesTCCF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/30 ft/22 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Everglades ARSS2051
At a soil climate station/26.1 mi away/9 ft/1 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
West Miami 1.4 NFL-MD-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/3 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HialeahHIAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/26 ft/18 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.