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Canal Point, Florida

Community in Palm Beach County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Canal Point

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Belle Glade (FL), 7 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Canal Point

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Canal Point, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Canal Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Canal PointCNLF1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/26 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Pahokee 1.6 NEFL-PB-34

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/14 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at West Palm Beach, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 25.1 mi from Canal Point, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:35 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 West Palm Beach, 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 F45FIG. A THE SKY OVER WEST PALM BEACHSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEWest Palm Beach, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F45TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F45-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 77.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at West Palm Beach: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 77.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F45FIG. B THE AIR AT WEST PALM BEACHTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00070 F80 F90 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 77.0 F, 77.0 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 POINTTITLEWest Palm Beach, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F45TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F45-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at West Palm Beach, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 2 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 F45FIG. C THE WIND AT WEST PALM BEACHPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWest Palm Beach, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F45TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F45-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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