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Fort Branch, Indiana

Town in Gibson County, Indiana

Air quality

The air at Fort Branch

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Evansville (IN), 16 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate16.4 mi
  • Ozone28Good31 ppb16.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good16.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.1 ppb16.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb16.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm18.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fort Branch

None in the last 24 hours; 1.10 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.10in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fort Branch, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Fort Branch, IndianaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fort Branch, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

EvansvilleIN016

Beside a road/13.7 mi away/392 ft/62 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank731of 1,111

EvansvilleEVV

At an airfield/14.2 mi away/384 ft/70 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank5of 1,111

measured daily2 instruments

Haubstadt 0.3 NWIN-GB-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/483 ft/29 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

EvansvilleENVI3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/518 ft/64 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Evansville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Fort Branch, Indiana. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,000 ft, overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Evansville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVVFIG. A THE SKY OVER EVANSVILLESECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEEvansville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EVVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 76 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Evansville: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 76 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EVVFIG. B THE AIR AT EVANSVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00060 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 1,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 66.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 76 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 POINTTITLEEvansville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EVVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Evansville, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, 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 EVVFIG. C THE WIND AT EVANSVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEEvansville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EVVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EVV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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