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Taft, Florida

Community in Orange County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Taft

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Orlando (FL), 5 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Taft

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Taft, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Taft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Meadow Wood 1.1 SSEFL-OR-74

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/91 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Orlando International, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.4 mi from Taft, Florida. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Orlando International, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCOFIG. A THE SKY OVER ORLANDO INTERNATIONALSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOrlando International, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 71.6 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Orlando International: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 71.6, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCOFIG. B THE AIR AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONALTHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 70.2 FTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 71.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEOrlando International, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Orlando International, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, 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 MCOFIG. C THE WIND AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOrlando International, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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