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Lake Panasoffkee, Florida

Community in Sumter County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Lake Panasoffkee

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Citrus County (FL), 21 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 Lake Panasoffkee

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Panasoffkee, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 9 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lake Panasoffkee, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sumterville 2.0 NFL-ST-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/59 ft/9 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Inverness, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.5 mi from Lake Panasoffkee, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,400 ft, scattered at 4,100 ft, broken at 4,900 ft; the ceiling is 4,900 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Inverness, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,400 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 4,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 4,900 feet, the ceiling at 4,900 feet, and visibility of 7 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INFFIG. A THE SKY OVER INVERNESSSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 4,900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 4,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,900 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLEInverness, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS INFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

87.8 F with a dew point of 75.2 F, 66 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 3,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Inverness: temperature 87.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.2, 66 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT INFFIG. B THE AIR AT INVERNESSTHE 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 F100 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,400 FTTEMPERATURE 87.8 FDEW POINT 75.2 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 66 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 POINTTITLEInverness, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS INFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Inverness, 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 INFFIG. C THE WIND AT INVERNESSPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEInverness, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS INFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-INF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Lake Panasoffkee

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