Citizen station DW0479DW0479
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/102 ft/36 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Poinciana is 77° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 91°, and the coolest Sunday, near 78°. Rain is likely tomorrow (68%) and Saturday (57%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Poinciana, Florida.
Air quality
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lakeland (FL), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Poinciana, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Poinciana, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW0479DW0479
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/102 ft/36 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kissimmee Muni Airport/OrlandoISM
At an airfield/11.0 mi away/82 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake WalesLWEF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.3 mi away/144 ft/78 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kissimmee 11.4 SSEFL-OS-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/66 ft/level with here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KissimmeeKSSF1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/66 ft/level with here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Poinciana, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
78.0 F with a dew point of 71.0 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.
From the east (80 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.