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Solana, Florida

Community in Charlotte County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Solana

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 18 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone16Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Solana

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 4 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Solana, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Punta Gorda 1.5 NNEFL-CH-9

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/13 ft/8 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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North PortNWFF1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.7 mi away/7 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank1,241of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Punta Gorda, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Solana, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Punta Gorda, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PUNTA GORDASECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLEPunta Gorda, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PGDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PGD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.0 F with a dew point of 75.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Punta Gorda: temperature 75.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 75.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PGDFIG. B THE AIR AT PUNTA GORDATHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 75.0 F, 75.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEPunta Gorda, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PGDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PGD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Punta Gorda, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 6 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 PGDFIG. C THE WIND AT PUNTA GORDAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPunta Gorda, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PGDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PGD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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