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Buckhead Ridge, Florida

Community in Glades County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Buckhead Ridge

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Fort Pierce (FL), 28 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Buckhead Ridge

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Buckhead Ridge, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buckhead Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BrightonGHTF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.6 mi away/51 ft/36 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank335of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Okeechobee 7.9 SSWFL-GL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/18 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

OkeechobeeOAKF1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/62 ft/47 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,274of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Okeechobee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.5 mi from Buckhead Ridge, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Okeechobee, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OBEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OKEECHOBEESECTION, 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 DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOkeechobee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OBETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OBE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 75.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Okeechobee: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OBEFIG. B THE AIR AT OKEECHOBEETHE 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 F90 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 75.2 F, 75.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEOkeechobee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OBETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OBE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Okeechobee, 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 OBEFIG. C THE WIND AT OKEECHOBEEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOkeechobee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OBETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OBE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

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Near Buckhead Ridge

River and lake gauges