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Point Baker, Florida

Community in Santa Rosa County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Point Baker

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 6 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone25Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Point Baker

0.18 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.18in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at Point Baker, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 AM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Point Baker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

MiltonNDZ

At an airfield/1.9 mi away/177 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,321of 2,300

measured daily2 instruments

Milton 1.5 NFL-SR-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/141 ft/32 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PesacolaPSAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/118 ft/55 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,997of 2,300

Station report

The weather at Milton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.9 mi from Point Baker, Florida. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 5:56 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 Milton, 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 NDZFIG. A THE SKY OVER MILTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMilton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NDZTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NDZ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Milton: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NDZFIG. B THE AIR AT MILTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.8 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEMilton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NDZTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NDZ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.

Plan of the wind at Milton, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NDZFIG. C THE WIND AT MILTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMilton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NDZTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-NDZ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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