Citizen station FW9380FW9380
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Park West On-Leash Dog Beach until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 83° today.
Now. Park West On-Leash Dog Beach is 68° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 4:00 AM in Park West On-Leash Dog Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 25 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SSE 160°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, and the waves at buoy 42012, 28.6 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 2:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | S (179°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (178°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (184°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | S (185°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | S (171°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | SSW (193°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (164°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | - | S (185°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (180°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (187°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (169°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (181°) |
Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, including Pensacola Beach, Gulf Breeze, Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Destin. Issued 3:02 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Weather | Mostly sunny until 3 PM, then mostly cloudy | Mostly cloudy until 8 PM, then partly cloudy | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | - | In the lower 70s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 50s | - |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon | Windy. Northwest winds around 20 mph, increasing to north around 30 mph after midnight | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph |
| Tides | Pensacola PassLow 0.3 ft, 2:08 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.2 ft, 11:49 AMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 2:08 PM | Pensacola PassHigh 1.4 ft, 1:53 AMNavarre BeachHigh 1.8 ft, 12:33 AMEast Pass (Destin)High 0.8 ft, 2:43 AM | Pensacola PassLow 0.2 ft, 3:04 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.3 ft, 12:41 PMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 3:04 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest Park West On-Leash Dog Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW9380FW9380
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Naval Live OaksNLOF1
On a military installation/3.7 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gulf Breeze 0.9 SSEFL-SR-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PesacolaPSAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/118 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.