Temperature
78 F at 4 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 75 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 78F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 89F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 75F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 73% around 9 AM.
Now. St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport is 77° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 7 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. Highs stay close to 79° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (73%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:24 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 31 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, St. Petersburg (FL), 2 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,000 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 39° / 219° | 3 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 9,730 ft | 150 ft | concrete | 171° / 351° | 2 mph head, on 18 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Saint Petersburg (PIE), St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
78 F at 4 AM; 89 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 75 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 76 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 56% at 3 PM Thursday to 94% at 4 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
7 mph from the east at 5 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 11 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.03 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than 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 2,600 ft at 12 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 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
Saint Petersburg: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest St. Petersburg Clearwater 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/10 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carrollwood 1NECWOF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.5 mi away/43 ft/32 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Feather Sound 1.3 SFL-PN-105
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/31 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Petersburg 6WNWSZPF1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.0 mi away/23 ft/12 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at St Petersburg 6WNW (SZPF1), 8.0 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.