Virginia KeyNDBC-VAKF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Miami Beach, Florida
Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 kt and seas 8 to 13 ft expected. * WHERE...Biscayne Bay, Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM and Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas. * WHEN...From 8 AM Sunday to 2 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
78°
88°/77°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 78°·Light air 2 mph NNE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Miami Beach until 2 AM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 5 PM, the chance peaking at 70% around 6 PM.
Now. Miami Beach is 78° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the north-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 1 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 84° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (76%). Rain is possible Monday (33%). The windiest day is Monday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 12:14 AM after midnight. 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 day is 11 hours 32 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
94%Humidity
50%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
78feels78
19%
Today
Oct 17
8877
97%
12mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8374
76%
21mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8575
33%
22mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8573
19%
15mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8572
15%
14mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8470
22%
13mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 23
8469
29%
UV 8
78°
88°77°
83°74°
85°75°
85°73°
85°72°
84°70°
84°69°
As of 2:00 AM in Miami Beach, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Miami Beach
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 11 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good21.2 mi
- Ozone23Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)-21.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.9 ppb21.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb21.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm21.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 16
- 35TodayOct 17
- 35SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Miami Beach
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
Visibility
How far you can see at Miami Beach, the next 43 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sun 7 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 110°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
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 Miami-Dade.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 80s
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Miami-Dade, including Miami. Issued 4:26 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | High |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 1 foot or less |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Moderate | Moderate |
| Waterspout risk | None | - |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms | Partly sunny. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | In the upper 80s |
| Max heat index | Up to 103 | Up to 100 |
| Winds | Southeast winds around 10 mph | Southeast winds around 5 mph |
| Sunrise | 7:20 AM | 7:20 AM |
| Sunset | 6:53 PM | 6:52 PM |
| Tides | Miami Harbor EntranceHigh, 1:09 PM | Miami Harbor EntranceLow, 7:18 AMHigh, 2:00 PM |
Beach
- County
- Miami-Dade County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 25.7655° N
- Longitude
- 80.1313° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Miami Beach, 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 now4 instruments
Citizen station EW0888EW0888
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/11.6 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Everglades ARSS2051
At a soil climate station/31.9 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Miami Beach 2.7 SFL-MD-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Miami BeachMIBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Miami Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fisher Islandcommunity, 1 mi
- Miamicity, 4 mi
- Key Biscaynevillage, 6 mi
- North Bay Villagecity, 6 mi
- El Portalvillage, 7 mi
- Indian Creekvillage, 8 mi
- Surfsidetown, 8 mi
- Brownsvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Miami Shoresvillage, 8 mi
- Gladeviewcommunity, 8 mi
- Bay Harbor Islandstown, 9 mi
- Biscayne Parkvillage, 9 mi
Beaches near Miami Beach
- South Pointe Beachunder 1 mi
- Marjory Stoneman Douglas Ocean Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Sandy's Beachunder 1 mi
- Historic Virginia Key Beach Park2 mi
- Virginia Beach3 mi
- Hobie Island Beach Park3 mi
- Indian Beach Park4 mi
- Crandon Beach4 mi