Citizen station W4HIX-2W4HIX-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/3 ft/2 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 1 PM (73%).
Now. De Soto National Memorial is 86° and mostly clear at 12 PM. With the humidity it feels like 94°. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 77° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 81° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:25 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 PM in De Soto National Memorial, Florida.
Air quality
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 23 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, 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
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 10 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest De Soto National Memorial, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station W4HIX-2W4HIX-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/3 ft/2 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Port ManateeNDBC-PMAF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.9 mi away/30 ft/29 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bradenton 4.9 WNWFL-MA-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/14 ft/13 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BradentonBRAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/26 ft/25 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.