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Tropical Park, Florida

Community in Brevard County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Tropical Park

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 6 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone31Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Tropical Park

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Tropical Park, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Tropical Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Merritt Island, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.1 mi from Tropical Park, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 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 Merritt Island, 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 COIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MERRITT ISLANDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMerritt Island, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS COITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.4 F with a dew point of 80.6 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Merritt Island: temperature 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 80.6, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COIFIG. B THE AIR AT MERRITT ISLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00070 F80 F90 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 80.1 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 82.4 F, 80.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEMerritt Island, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS COITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Merritt Island, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT COIFIG. C THE WIND AT MERRITT ISLANDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMerritt Island, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS COITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-COI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Florida

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

Near Tropical Park

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

Near Tropical Park

River and lake gauges