In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 75° after 86° today.
Now. Bone Yard Beach is 69° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the west-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 70° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 27 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:12 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Bone Yard Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Jacksonville (FL), 17 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing NE 36°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
The surf zone forecast for Nassau-Duval-Flagler-St. Johns, and the waves at buoy 41117, 41.2 mi away.
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 6:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | E (80°) |
| Fri 5:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (79°) |
| Fri 4:56 AM | 1.3 ft | 7 s | ENE (77°) |
| Fri 3:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (66°) |
| Fri 2:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Fri 1:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Fri 12:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (73°) |
| Thu 11:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 10:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | ENE (75°) |
| Thu 9:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 8:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 7:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 6:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (80°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (86°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (93°) |
| Thu 10:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 9:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 8:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Thu 7:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (90°) |
Nassau-Duval-Flagler-St. Johns, including Yulee, Fernandina Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Palm Coast, Palm Valley, Ponte Vedra Beach, Sawgrass, Vilano Beach, Anastasia, Crescent Beach, St. Augustine, and St. Augustine South. Issued 3:08 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 80 | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the mid 80s | In the mid 70s |
| Winds | Light and variable winds, becoming easterly around 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Vilano BeachSt Augustine BeachFernandina BeachMayport Naval StationJacksonville Beach | Vilano BeachSt Augustine BeachFernandina BeachMayport Naval StationJacksonville Beach |
The 5 instruments nearest Bone Yard Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mayport (Bar Pilots Dock)NDBC-MYPF1
At a harbour/7.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Jacksonville 12.1 NEFL-DV-142
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fernandina BeachFRBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.