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Sebastian Municipal Airport, Florida

Small airport in Indian River County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Sebastian Municipal Airport

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Indian River County (FL), 10 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good-

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 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sebastian Municipal Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Sebastian Municipal Airport, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
X26
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
21 ft
Serves
Sebastian
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
X26
Wind now
From 90° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:35

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
05 / 234,023 ft75 ftAsphalt45° / 225°6 mph head, on 056 mph from the right
10 / 28 unlit3,199 ft75 ftAsphalt91° / 271°8 mph head, on 10None
052310281,000 ftN90° 8 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

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

Every hour from Valkaria AFS (X26), Sebastian Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

81 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 79 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.

Now
81F
12 AM
Highest
88F
11 AM Thursday
Lowest
79F
6 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Valkaria AFS, temperature from 78.8 to 87.8, the latest 80.6; dew point from 75.2 to 78.8, the latest 78.8, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF758085903 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 79 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 71% at 11 AM Thursday to 94% at 11 PM Thursday.

Dew point now
79F
12 AM
Humidity now
94%
Humidity, range
71 to 94%
Relative humidity at Valkaria AFS, relative humidity from 71 to 94, the latest 94, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%7080901003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Wind

8 mph from the east at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 11 PM Thursday.

Now
8mph
from the east
Strongest
12mph
1 PM Thursday
Highest gust
18mph
11 PM Thursday
Wind and Gust at Valkaria AFS, wind from 3 to 12, the latest 8; gust from 17 to 18, the latest 18, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph051015203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16WINDGUST
Wind direction at Valkaria AFS, wind direction from 40 to 120, the latest 100, 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

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

Now
30.04inHg
12 AM
3 hours
-0.02inHg
steady
24 hours
+0.00inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Valkaria AFS, pressure, altimeter from 30.02 to 30.11, the latest 30.04, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0230.0530.0730.1030.133 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

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

Visibility

Down to 8 miles at 12 AM; 8 miles now.

Now
8mi
Lowest
8mi
12 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Valkaria AFS, visibility from 8.0 to 10.0, the latest 8.0, 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 1,300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
1,300ft
11 PM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
22
Lowest cloud base at Valkaria AFS, lowest cloud base from 1,300 to 6,000, the latest 1,800, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft02,0004,0006,0003 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

Valkaria AFS: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Sebastian Municipal 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

Valkaria AFSX26

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/31 ft/10 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Sebastian 1.2 NNWFL-IR-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/21 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Vero BeachVRBF1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/30 ft/9 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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