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Pretty Bayou, Florida

Community in Bay County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Pretty Bayou

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bay and Gulf Counties (FL), 14 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pretty Bayou

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pretty Bayou, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pretty Bayou, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Panama City 2.4 NNWFL-BY-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/16 ft/17 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station DW4871, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.9 mi from Pretty Bayou, Florida. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station DW4871, 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 DW4871FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION DW4871PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station DW4871, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW4871TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW4871-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 16 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 30.02 inHg; it reports 71.0 F, 12.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station DW4871 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 16 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 30.02.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW4871FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION DW4871 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION DW48710 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT16 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS30.02 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED71.0 FTITLECitizen station DW4871, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW4871TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW4871-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 51 degrees above the horizon at 30.21 N, and the day is 11 h 17 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station DW4871, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 51 degrees above the horizon, against 83 at the June solstice, 60 at the equinoxes and 36 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 17 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DW4871FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION DW4871ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 83°EQUINOXES 60°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 36°OCT 16, 51°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 17 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 77 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 30.21 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station DW4871, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP DW4871TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DW4871-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station DW4871, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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