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Melbourne Orlando International Airport, Florida

Medium airport in Brevard County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Melbourne Orlando International Airport

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 15 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Melbourne Orlando International Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Melbourne Orlando International Airport, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
MLB
ICAO
KMLB
IATA
MLB
Field elevation
33 ft
Serves
Melbourne
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
MLB
Wind now
From 110° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 233,001 ft75 ftAsphalt42° / 222°3 mph head, on 057 mph from the right
09L / 27R6,000 ft150 ftAsphalt87° / 267°7 mph head, on 09L3 mph from the right
09R / 27L10,181 ft150 ftAsphalt87° / 267°7 mph head, on 09R3 mph from the right
052309L27R09R27L2,500 ftN110° 8 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Melbourne Regional (MLB), Melbourne Orlando International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

80 F at 3 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 79 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.

Now
80F
3 AM
Highest
86F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
79F
5 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Melbourne Regional, temperature from 79.0 to 86.0, the latest 80.0; dew point from 72.0 to 74.0, the latest 74.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF70758085906 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 74 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 10 AM Thursday to 82% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
74F
3 AM
Humidity now
82%
Humidity, range
65 to 82%
Relative humidity at Melbourne Regional, relative humidity from 65 to 82, the latest 82, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%65707580856 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

6 mph from the east southeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 8 PM Thursday.

Now
6mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
12mph
6 PM Thursday
Highest gust
21mph
8 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Melbourne Regional, wind from 5 to 12, the latest 6; gust from 16 to 21, the latest 16, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph5101520256 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Melbourne Regional, wind direction from 60 to 120, the latest 120, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703606 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.03 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.03inHg
3 AM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.02inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Melbourne Regional, pressure, altimeter from 30.03 to 30.11, the latest 30.03, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0230.0430.0630.0830.1030.126 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 4 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
4mi
3 PM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Melbourne Regional, visibility from 4.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5106 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
200ft
3 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Melbourne Regional, lowest cloud base from 200 to 2,800, the latest 2,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft01,0002,0003,0006 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AMLIFRIFRMVFR

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

Melbourne Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Melbourne Orlando International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Melbourne RegionalMLB

At an airfield/0.3 mi away/36 ft/3 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Titusville 7 E92821

At a climate reference station/35.2 mi away/3 ft/30 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

MelbourneMLBF1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.8 mi away/30 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Melbourne Village 0.4 NEFL-BV-140

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/25 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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