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Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida

Community in Hillsborough County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Palm River-Clair Mel

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Tampa (FL), 4 miles off.

23Good
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Palm River-Clair Mel

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

Last 24 hours
0.12in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Palm River-Clair Mel, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

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On the radar over Palm River-Clair Mel, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Palm River-Clair Mel, 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

Tampa 6.8 ESEFL-HB-102

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/19 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Plant CityPLCF1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.5 mi away/118 ft/99 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank21of 2,300

Station report

The weather at Tampa/Knight, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.9 mi from Palm River-Clair Mel, Florida. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 2:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Tampa/Knight, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TPFFIG. A THE SKY OVER TAMPA/KNIGHTSECTION, 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 SHEETSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETampa/Knight, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TPFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TPF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

78.4 F with a dew point of 75.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Tampa/Knight: temperature 78.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.0, 89 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TPFFIG. B THE AIR AT TAMPA/KNIGHTTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 74.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 78.4 FDEW POINT 75.0 FSPREAD 3.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 89 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 POINTTITLETampa/Knight, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TPFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TPF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Tampa/Knight, 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 TPFFIG. C THE WIND AT TAMPA/KNIGHTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLETampa/Knight, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TPFTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TPF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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