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Balm, Florida

Community in Hillsborough County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Balm

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 12 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone30Good20 ppb23.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb15.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Balm

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Balm, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Ruskin WFOTBW

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/39 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank24of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Fort GreenFTGF1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/128 ft/49 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,240of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Tampa/Knight, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.1 mi from Balm, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

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

Section of the sky over Tampa/Knight, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER TAMPA/KNIGHTSECTION, 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 SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETampa/Knight, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 75.6 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Tampa/Knight: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.6, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TPFFIG. B THE AIR AT TAMPA/KNIGHTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 74.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,500 FTTEMPERATURE 78.8 FDEW POINT 75.6 FSPREAD 3.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLETampa/Knight, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Tampa/Knight, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, at 7 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 TPFFIG. C THE WIND AT TAMPA/KNIGHTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETampa/Knight, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Near Balm

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