Storm Station
Whitfield, Florida
70°
Clear· Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph N
Clear, with a low around 67. East northeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
66%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Whitfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sarasota-BradentonSRQ

At an airfield/0.9 mi away/30 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank33of 1,219

Ruskin WFOTBW

At a river or reservoir gauge/22.6 mi away/39 ft/23 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Sarasota 4.3 NNWFL-SS-87

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/17 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BradentonBRAF1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/26 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sarasota-Bradenton, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.9 mi from Whitfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:53 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 Sarasota-Bradenton, 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 SRQFIG. A THE SKY OVER SARASOTA-BRADENTONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SRQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 81 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sarasota-Bradenton: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 81 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRQFIG. B THE AIR AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.6 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 62.0 FSPREAD 6.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 81 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 POINTTITLESarasota-Bradenton, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SRQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sarasota-Bradenton, 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 SRQFIG. C THE WIND AT SARASOTA-BRADENTONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESarasota-Bradenton, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SRQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SRQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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