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Bell, Florida

Town in Gilchrist County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Bell

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Gainesville (FL), 23 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bell

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bell 4WNWBLLF1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/75 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Cross City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from Bell, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 4,100 ft, scattered at 4,800 ft, scattered at 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Cross City, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CTYFIG. A THE SKY OVER CROSS CITYSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,800 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECross City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CTYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CTY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

86.0 F with a dew point of 77.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Cross City: temperature 86.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 77.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CTYFIG. B THE AIR AT CROSS CITYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00060 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 74.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 4,100 FTTEMPERATURE 86.0 FDEW POINT 77.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLECross City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CTYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CTY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (260 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 83 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cross City, north up: blowing from 260 degrees, the west, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CTYFIG. C THE WIND AT CROSS CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 260°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECross City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CTYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CTY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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