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Ocean Ridge, Florida

Town in Palm Beach County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Ocean Ridge

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 13 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good16.1 mi
  • Ozone19Good20 ppb16.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ocean Ridge

0.24 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.24in
Last 3 days
0.24in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ocean Ridge, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ocean Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

LantanaLNA

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/27 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,726of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Boynton Beach 1.8 ENEFL-PB-58

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/4 ft/22 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Lantana, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Ocean Ridge, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Lantana, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNAFIG. A THE SKY OVER LANTANASECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 2,200 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELantana, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LNATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

82.0 F with a dew point of 71.4 F, 70 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Lantana: temperature 82.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.4, 70 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNAFIG. B THE AIR AT LANTANATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE 82.0 FDEW POINT 71.4 FSPREAD 10.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 70 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 POINTTITLELantana, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lantana, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LNAFIG. C THE WIND AT LANTANAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELantana, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LNATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LNA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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