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Okeechobee County Airport, Florida

Small airport in Okeechobee County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Okeechobee County Airport

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Fort Pierce (FL), 25 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Okeechobee County Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Okeechobee County Airport, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
OBE
ICAO
KOBE
IATA
OBE
Field elevation
34 ft
Serves
Okeechobee
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
OBE
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 00:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 235,000 ft100 ftAsphalt44° / 224°CalmCalm
14 / 32 unlit4,001 ft75 ftAsphalt136° / 316°CalmCalm
052314321,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Okeechobee (OBE), Okeechobee County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

77 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 72 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.

Now
77F
12 AM
Highest
88F
1 PM Thursday
Lowest
72F
2 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Okeechobee, temperature from 71.6 to 87.8, the latest 77.0; dew point from 71.6 to 77.0, the latest 77.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF70758085903 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16TEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 77 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 2 AM Thursday.

Dew point now
77F
12 AM
Humidity now
100%
Humidity, range
66 to 100%
Relative humidity at Okeechobee, relative humidity from 66 to 100, the latest 100, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%607080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

2 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 6 PM Thursday, with a gust of 15 mph at 12 PM Thursday.

Now
2mph
from the east southeast
Strongest
7mph
6 PM Thursday
Highest gust
15mph
12 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Okeechobee, wind from 0 to 7, the latest 2; gust from 13 to 15, the latest 15, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Okeechobee, wind direction from 20 to 160, the latest 110, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Pressure

30.03 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.

Now
30.03inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Okeechobee, pressure, altimeter from 29.99 to 30.09, the latest 30.03, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9530.0030.0530.103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 9 miles at 2 AM Thursday; 9 miles now.

Now
9mi
Lowest
9mi
2 AM Thursday
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Okeechobee, visibility from 9.0 to 10.0, the latest 9.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 2,400 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
2,400ft
3 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
20
Lowest cloud base at Okeechobee, lowest cloud base from 2,400 to 6,500, the latest 6,500, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft2,0004,0006,0008,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

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

Okeechobee: 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 Okeechobee County 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

OkeechobeeOBE

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/34 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

BrightonGHTF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.4 mi away/51 ft/17 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Sebring 23 SSE92827

At a climate reference station/32.3 mi away/150 ft/116 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Okeechobee 1.5 NNWFL-OB-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/27 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

OkeechobeeOAKF1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/62 ft/28 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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