Lake WalesX07
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/122 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (69%).
Now. Lake Wales Municipal Airport is 76° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 73° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 80° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (67%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:20 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 9:00 PM in Lake Wales Municipal Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,400 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 59° / 239° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,860 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 167° / 347° | - | - |
The 4 instruments nearest Lake Wales Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Lake WalesX07
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/122 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake WalesLWEF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/144 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mountain LakeLWLF1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/141 ft/14 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lake Wales 3.2 SFL-PK-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/153 ft/26 ft above 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.