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Ellenton, Florida

Community in Manatee County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Ellenton

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 18 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone29Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Ellenton

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ellenton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ellenton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bradenton 4.0 ENEFL-MA-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/0 ft/11 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BradentonBRAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/26 ft/15 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sarasota-Bradenton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Ellenton, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 PM 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 Sarasota-Bradenton, 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 SRQFIG. A THE SKY OVER SARASOTA-BRADENTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SRQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

88.0 F with a dew point of 76.0 F, 68 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sarasota-Bradenton: temperature 88.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 76.0, 68 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRQFIG. B THE AIR AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 73.1 FTEMPERATURE 88.0 FDEW POINT 76.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 68 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 POINTTITLESarasota-Bradenton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SRQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (250 degrees) at 13 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sarasota-Bradenton, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 13 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRQFIG. C THE WIND AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SRQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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