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Manatee Road, Florida

Community in Levy County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Manatee Road

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Gainesville (FL), 29 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Manatee Road

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Manatee Road, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 1 AM.

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On the radar over Manatee Road, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Manatee Road, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Chiefland 4.1 WNWFL-LV-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/72 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Cross City, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.4 mi from Manatee Road, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:15 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 Cross City, 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 CTYFIG. A THE SKY OVER CROSS CITYSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECross City, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CTYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CTY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

84.2 F with a dew point of 78.8 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cross City: temperature 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 78.8, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CTYFIG. B THE AIR AT CROSS CITYTHE 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 F100 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 77.4 FTEMPERATURE 84.2 FDEW POINT 78.8 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLECross City, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CTYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CTY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 83 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cross City, north up: at 2 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 CTYFIG. C THE WIND AT CROSS CITYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECross City, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CTYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CTY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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