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Lake Lorraine, Florida

Community in Okaloosa County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Lake Lorraine

Index 12, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Okaloosa County (FL), 17 miles off.

12Good
  • Ozone6Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Lorraine

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Lorraine, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Lorraine, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Shalimar 0.8 SEFL-OK-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/13 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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NicevilleNCVF1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/102 ft/63 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Eglin AFB/Valparais, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.9 mi from Lake Lorraine, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:56 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 Eglin AFB/Valparais, 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 VPSFIG. A THE SKY OVER EGLIN AFB/VALPARAISSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEEglin AFB/Valparais, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS VPSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Eglin AFB/Valparais: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VPSFIG. B THE AIR AT EGLIN AFB/VALPARAISTHE 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 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEEglin AFB/Valparais, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS VPSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPS-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 Eglin AFB/Valparais, 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 VPSFIG. C THE WIND AT EGLIN AFB/VALPARAISPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEEglin AFB/Valparais, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS VPSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VPS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Eglin AFB/Valparais, 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 Lake Lorraine