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Lake Sarasota, Florida

Community in Sarasota County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Lake Sarasota

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 8 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Sarasota

0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.09in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Sarasota, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 1 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Sarasota, 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

Lake Sarasota 0.3 NFL-SS-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/28 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sarasota-Bradenton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.7 mi from Lake Sarasota, Florida. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:53 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 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 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-SRQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

79.0 F with a dew point of 74.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sarasota-Bradenton: temperature 79.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 74.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.8 FTEMPERATURE 79.0 FDEW POINT 74.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sarasota-Bradenton, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 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 SRQFIG. C THE WIND AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT 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

Elsewhere in Florida

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Lake Sarasota

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Lake Sarasota

River and lake gauges