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Manasota Key, Florida

Community in Charlotte County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Manasota Key

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 29 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone33Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Manasota Key

0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.08in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Manasota Key, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Manasota Key, 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

Englewood 0.7 SSEFL-SS-76

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/17 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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North PortNWFF1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/7 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,241of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Coral Creek, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Manasota Key, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:10 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 Coral Creek, 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 54AFIG. A THE SKY OVER CORAL CREEKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECoral Creek, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 54ATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54A-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 77.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Coral Creek: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 77.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 54AFIG. B THE AIR AT CORAL CREEKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00070 F80 F90 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 76.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 78.8 F, 77.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLECoral Creek, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 54ATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54A-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (90 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Coral Creek, north up: blowing from 90 degrees, the east, 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 54AFIG. C THE WIND AT CORAL CREEKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 90°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECoral Creek, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 54ATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-54A-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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