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Holmes Beach, Florida

City in Manatee County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Holmes Beach

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 27 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
  • Ozone12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Holmes Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Holmes Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Holmes Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cortez 1.5 NNWFL-MA-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/3 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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BradentonBRAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/26 ft/24 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, 12.3 mi from Holmes Beach, Florida. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 8,000 ft, broken at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sarasota-Bradenton, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 11,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 8,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SRQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 76.0 F, 91 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sarasota-Bradenton: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 76.0, 91 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 75.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 79.0 FDEW POINT 76.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 91 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SRQ-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 Sarasota-Bradenton, 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 SRQFIG. C THE WIND AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-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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