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Plantation, Florida

City in Broward County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Plantation

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Broward County (FL), 14 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good5.3 mi
  • Ozone21Good18 ppb5.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good5.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.5 ppb5.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb5.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm5.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Plantation

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Plantation, the next 44 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Sat 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Plantation, 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

Plantation 0.7 NFL-BW-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/3 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.1 mi from Plantation, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 2,000 ft, scattered at 3,900 ft, broken at 5,500 ft; the ceiling is 5,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 3,900 feet, broken cloud with its base at 5,500 feet, the ceiling at 5,500 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FLLFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT LAUDERDALE - HOLLYWOODSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 5,500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,900 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 2,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Lauderdale - Hollywood, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FLLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FLL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

84.0 F with a dew point of 75.0 F, 74 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.0, 74 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FLLFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT LAUDERDALE - HOLLYWOODTHE 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 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 72.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 75.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 74 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 POINTTITLEFort Lauderdale - Hollywood, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FLLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FLL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (100 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood, north up: blowing from 100 degrees, the east, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FLLFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT LAUDERDALE - HOLLYWOODPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 100°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Lauderdale - Hollywood, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FLLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FLL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Lauderdale - Hollywood, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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