Storm Station
Fort Meade, Florida
71°
Clear· Feels like 71°·Light breeze 4 mph NNE
Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. North northwest wind around 2 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
71%Humidity
5%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Fort Meade, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

BartowBOW

At an airfield/13.3 mi away/125 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank959of 1,220

Lake WalesLWEF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/144 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank81of 1,220

measured daily2 instruments

Fort Meade 0.6 NNWFL-PK-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/177 ft/40 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BartowBARF1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/144 ft/7 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Bartow, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.3 mi from Fort Meade. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 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 Bartow, 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 BOWFIG. A THE SKY OVER BARTOWSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBartow, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BOWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 68.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Bartow: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 68.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOWFIG. B THE AIR AT BARTOWTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 67.1 FTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 68.0 FSPREAD 3.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLEBartow, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Bartow, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BOWFIG. C THE WIND AT BARTOWPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBartow, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BOWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BOW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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