At an airfield/0.6 mi away/85 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Florida
Medium airport in Okaloosa County, Florida* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
79°
88°/74°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Alert. A Rip Current Statement is in force for Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport is 79° and mostly clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 80°. Thunderstorms is likely Friday (76%), Saturday (68%), Sunday (83%) and Monday (56%). Rain is possible tomorrow (46%) and Tuesday (42%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 8:59 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 55 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
79%Humidity
12%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
79feels79
now, mostly clear
Today
Sep 30
8874
14%
15mph
Thu
Oct 1
8874
46%
15mph
Fri
Oct 2
8673
76%
15mph
Sat
Oct 3
8773
68%
Sun
Oct 4
8370
83%
Mon
Oct 5
8367
56%
Tue
Oct 6
8064
42%
15mph
79°
88°74°
88°74°
86°73°
87°73°
83°70°
83°67°
80°64°
As of 9:00 AM in Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Florida.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VPS
- ICAO
- KVPS
- IATA
- VPS
- Field elevation
- 87 ft
- Serves
- Valparaiso
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- VPS
- Wind now
- From 80° at 6 mph, read 30 Sep, 08:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 10,012 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt | 12° / 192° | 2 mph head, on 02 | 6 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 12,004 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | 5 mph head, on 12 | 4 mph from the left |
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Naval Live OaksNLOF1
On a military installation/37.9 mi away/28 ft/59 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Valparaiso 1.4 NFL-OK-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/86 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NicevilleNCVF1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/102 ft/15 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Valparaisocity, 2 mi
- Eglin AFBcommunity, 3 mi
- Nicevillecity, 4 mi
- Lake Lorrainecommunity, 4 mi
- Shalimartown, 5 mi
- Destincity, 6 mi
- Ocean Citycommunity, 6 mi
- Cinco Bayoutown, 7 mi
- Fort Walton Beachcity, 8 mi
- Wrightcommunity, 8 mi
- Mary Esthercity, 10 mi
- Hurlburt Fieldcommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Destin Executive AirportDTS, 6 mi
- Hurlburt FieldHRT, 11 mi
- Duke FieldEGI, 12 mi
- Bob Sikes AirportCEW, 21 mi
- Choctaw Nolf AirportNFJ, 26 mi
- Defuniak Springs Airport54J, 28 mi
- Whiting Field Naval Air Station South AirportNDZ, 34 mi
- Whiting Field Naval Air Station - NorthNSE, 34 mi