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Ave Maria, Florida

Community in Collier County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Ave Maria

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Naples (FL), 16 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ave Maria

0.71 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.71in
Last 3 days
0.71in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ave Maria, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ave Maria, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Immokalee AuxiliaryIMM

At an airfield/7.4 mi away/46 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Ave Maria 0.4 SEFL-CR-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/23 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ImmokaleeIMKF1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/52 ft/30 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Panther West, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 11.3 mi from Ave Maria, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:11 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Panther West, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHWF1FIG. C THE WIND AT PANTHER WESTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPanther West, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PHWF1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHWF1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 43 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.87 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; it reports 75.0 F, 16.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Panther West stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 43 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.87 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHWF1FIG. D WHERE PANTHER WEST STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPANTHER WEST0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT43 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.87 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.0 FTITLEPanther West, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PHWF1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHWF1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 55 degrees above the horizon at 26.17 N, and the day is 11 h 24 min long. Level ground there takes 82 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Panther West, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 55 degrees above the horizon, against 87 at the June solstice, 64 at the equinoxes and 40 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 24 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PHWF1FIG. E THE SUN AT PANTHER WESTELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 87°EQUINOXES 64°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 40°OCT 16, 55°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 24 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 82 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 26.17 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEPanther West, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP PHWF1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PHWF1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Panther West, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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