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West Pensacola, Florida

Community in Escambia County, Florida

Air quality

The air at West Pensacola

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 19 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate-
  • Ozone9Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Pensacola

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at West Pensacola, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Pensacola, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

PensacolaNDBC-PCLF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,257of 2,338

measured daily2 instruments

Pensacola 5.9 WSWFL-ES-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/86 ft/19 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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PesacolaPSAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/118 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,162of 2,338

Station report

The weather at Pensacola NAS, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from West Pensacola, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Pensacola NAS, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPAFIG. A THE SKY OVER PENSACOLA NASSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 6,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPensacola NAS, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NPATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NPA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

70.0 F with a dew point of 69.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Pensacola NAS: temperature 70.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NPAFIG. B THE AIR AT PENSACOLA NASTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 68.7 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 70.0 F, 69.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEPensacola NAS, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NPATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NPA-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 Pensacola NAS, 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 NPAFIG. C THE WIND AT PENSACOLA NASPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEPensacola NAS, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NPATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NPA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near West Pensacola

River and lake gauges