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Black Diamond, Florida

Community in Citrus County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Black Diamond

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Citrus County (FL), 4 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Black Diamond

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Black Diamond, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Black Diamond, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Cedar KeyNDBC-CDRF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/36.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,769of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Hernando 5.4 WSWFL-CT-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/114 ft/42 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Crystal River, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.7 mi from Black Diamond, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Crystal River, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CGCFIG. A THE SKY OVER CRYSTAL RIVERSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLECrystal River, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CGCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CGC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Crystal River: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CGCFIG. B THE AIR AT CRYSTAL RIVERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.4 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 71.6 F, 69.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLECrystal River, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CGCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CGC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Crystal River, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CGCFIG. C THE WIND AT CRYSTAL RIVERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECrystal River, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CGCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CGC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Black Diamond

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