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Altha, Florida

Town in Calhoun County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Altha

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 25 miles off.

34Good
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Altha

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Altha, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 11 PM.

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On the radar over Altha, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Altha, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Altha 2.3 SWFL-CN-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/130 ft/77 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Blountstown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Altha, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,800 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Blountstown, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F95FIG. A THE SKY OVER BLOUNTSTOWNSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 5,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBlountstown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F95TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F95-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

86.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 52 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,800 ft.

Chart of the air at Blountstown: temperature 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 52 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F95FIG. B THE AIR AT BLOUNTSTOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,800 FTTEMPERATURE 86.0 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 52 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBlountstown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F95TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F95-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Blountstown, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F95FIG. C THE WIND AT BLOUNTSTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlountstown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F95TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F95-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Blountstown, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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