Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 5 PM, the chance peaking at 57% around 6 PM.
Now. Space Coast Regional Airport is 86° and partly cloudy at 12 PM. With the humidity it feels like 99°. The dew point is 78°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 78° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 6 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 82°, and the coolest Sunday, near 78°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). Rain is possible Sunday (30%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 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 12:00 PM in Space Coast Regional Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 16 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 10 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | 5 mph head, on 09 | 5 mph from the right |
| 18 / 36 | 7,319 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | 5 mph head, on 18 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Titusville (TIX), Space Coast Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
7 mph from the southeast at 11 AM; at its strongest 9 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.08 inHg at 11 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 7 miles at 1 PM Thursday; 7 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,500 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 9 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
Titusville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Space Coast Regional 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
TitusvilleTIX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/36 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Titusville 7 E92821
At a climate reference station/9.3 mi away/3 ft/31 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
CRN Titusville/Kennedy Space CenterCTKF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.5 mi away/10 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Titusville 3.6 SFL-BV-129
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/36 ft/2 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
TitusvilleTITF1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/49 ft/15 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.