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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (70%).
Now. Melbourne Orlando International Airport is 80° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 5 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 83°, and the coolest Sunday, near 79°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (78%). Rain is possible Sunday (46%), Monday (37%) and Thursday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:15 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 4:00 AM in Melbourne Orlando International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, 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 Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 3,001 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 42° / 222° | 3 mph head, on 05 | 7 mph from the right |
| 09L / 27R | 6,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 7 mph head, on 09L | 3 mph from the right |
| 09R / 27L | 10,181 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 87° / 267° | 7 mph head, on 09R | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Melbourne Regional (MLB), Melbourne Orlando International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
80 F at 3 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 79 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 74 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 10 AM Thursday to 82% at 3 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
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.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 4 miles at 3 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 3 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 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
Melbourne Regional: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
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
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/36 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
S Prong Sebastian River 4 SW Sebastian 4SWSEBF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.4 mi away/30 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, 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
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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.