In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/25 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Golden Sands Beach Park, Florida
Beach in Indian River County, Florida79°
88°/76°
Heavy rain·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 4 mph ESE
Now. Golden Sands Beach Park is 79° and heavy rain at 3 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 84°, and the coolest Sunday, near 80°. Rain or snow is likely tomorrow (87%) and Sunday (55%). Rain is possible Monday (33%) and Thursday (39%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 27 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:15 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 31 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
92%Humidity
80%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
79feels79
19%
Today
Oct 16
8876
66%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8472
87%
21mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8070
55%
27mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8169
33%
22mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8169
27%
19mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8169
22%
18mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8168
39%
17mph
UV 7
79°
88°76°
84°72°
80°70°
81°69°
81°69°
81°69°
81°68°
As of 3:00 AM in Golden Sands Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Golden Sands Beach Park
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Indian River County (FL), 13 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Golden Sands Beach Park
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Golden Sands Beach Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 74°
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, and the waves at buoy 41009, 51.9 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- Around 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 80s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41009, Canaveral
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- E (92°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 5 s from E
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- -
- Read
- Fri 2:50 AM
- Distance
- 51.9 mi
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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | E (92°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | E (97°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | E (88°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | E (91°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (81°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | E (83°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 8 s | E (86°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | ENE (75°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ENE (75°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (81°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | E (81°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | ENE (70°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (81°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (81°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | E (86°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | ENE (73°) |
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, including Vero Beach, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, and Melbourne Beach. Issued 3:00 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | Around 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 80s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Moderate | Moderate |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms | Partly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | In the lower 80s |
| Winds | Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph | Northwest winds around 5 mph, increasing to north around 20 mph in the afternoon |
| Sunrise | 7:23 AM | 7:24 AM |
| Sunset | 6:53 PM | 6:52 PM |
| Tides | Port CanaveralHigh 4.1 ft, 12:22 PMSebastian InletLow 0.8 ft, 6:03 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 12:21 PM | Port CanaveralLow 1.3 ft, 6:43 AMHigh 4.0 ft, 1:11 PMSebastian InletLow 0.9 ft, 6:54 AMHigh 2.3 ft, 1:12 PM |
- Sunday
- Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Tuesday
- Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs around 80. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Indian River County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 27.7829° N
- Longitude
- 80.4082° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Golden Sands Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Valkaria AFSX26
At an airfield/5.7 mi away/31 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
S Prong Sebastian River 4 SW Sebastian 4SWSEBF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Indian River Shores 2.4 NFL-IR-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vero BeachVRBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from 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
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