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Ridgecrest, Florida

Community in Pinellas County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Ridgecrest

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, St. Petersburg (FL), 5 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone37Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Ridgecrest

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Ridgecrest, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 6 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ridgecrest, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Clearwater Air Park, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.2 mi from Ridgecrest, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft.

Section of the sky over Clearwater Air Park, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CLEARWATER AIR PARKSECTION, 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 FTTITLEClearwater Air Park, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CLWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.8 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 79 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Clearwater Air Park: temperature 78.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.6, 79 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLWFIG. B THE AIR AT CLEARWATER AIR PARKTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.8 FTEMPERATURE 78.8 FDEW POINT 71.6 FSPREAD 7.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 79 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 POINTTITLEClearwater Air Park, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CLWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Clearwater Air Park, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CLWFIG. C THE WIND AT CLEARWATER AIR PARKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEClearwater Air Park, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CLWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CLW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at St Petersburg 6WNW (SZPF1), 7.7 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

Elsewhere in Florida

25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ridgecrest

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Ridgecrest

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