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
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Sebastian Municipal Airport is 80° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. With the humidity it feels like 89°. The dew point is 78°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 5 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 83°, and the coolest Sunday, near 79°. Rain or snow is likely tomorrow (87%) and Sunday (55%). Rain is possible Monday (34%) and Thursday (38%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 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 1:00 AM in Sebastian Municipal Airport, Florida.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Indian River County (FL), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,023 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 6 mph head, on 05 | 6 mph from the right |
| 10 / 28 unlit | 3,199 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 8 mph head, on 10 | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Valkaria AFS (X26), Sebastian Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
81 F at 12 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 79 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
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.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
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.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 8 miles at 12 AM; 8 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,300 ft at 11 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 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
Valkaria AFS: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
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
S Prong Sebastian River 4 SW Sebastian 4SWSEBF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/30 ft/9 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, 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
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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.