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Welaka, Florida

Town in Putnam County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Welaka

Index 15, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Putnam County (FL), 10 miles off.

15Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Welaka

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 Welaka, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Welaka, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Palatka28J

At an airfield/12.3 mi away/31 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,368of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Welaka 1.1 SSEFL-PT-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/37 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hastings 4NEHTGF1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.3 mi away/43 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank361of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Palatka, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Welaka, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Palatka, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 28JFIG. A THE SKY OVER PALATKASECTION, 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: 5 MI0510TITLEPalatka, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 28JTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-28J-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Palatka: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 28JFIG. B THE AIR AT PALATKATHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.2 F, 66.2 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 POINTTITLEPalatka, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 28JTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-28J-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Palatka, 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 28JFIG. C THE WIND AT PALATKAPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPalatka, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 28JTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-28J-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hastings 4NE (HTGF1), 22.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 05:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Florida

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