Citizen station FW6924FW6924
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/25 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Port Charlotte Beach Park, Florida
Beach in Charlotte County, Florida80°
89°/75°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 3 PM.
Now. Port Charlotte Beach Park is 80° and clear at 9 AM. The dew point is 78°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 82° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (86%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:24 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 32 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
21Air quality
83%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
80feels80
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8975
43%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8274
86%
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8166
25%
21mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8266
16mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8366
14mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8265
12mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8264
11%
UV 8
80°
89°75°
82°74°
81°66°
82°66°
83°66°
82°65°
82°64°
As of 9:00 AM in Port Charlotte Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Port Charlotte Beach Park
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 22 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone12Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Port Charlotte Beach Park
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Port Charlotte Beach Park, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 167°
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 Charlotte-Coastal Lee.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less
- Water temperature
- In the mid 80s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee, including Manasota Key, Palm Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Fort Myers Beach. Issued 3:13 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | Low | Low |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Partly cloudy until 7 PM, then mostly cloudy until 12 AM, then partly cloudy until 1 AM, then mostly cloudy until 2 AM, then partly cloudy until 5 AM, then mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Partly sunny. Numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon | Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming east after midnight | North winds 5 to 10 mph |
| Tides | Venice InletLow, 11:28 AMFort Myers BeachLow, 11:32 AM | Venice InletHigh, 3:09 AMFort Myers BeachHigh, 4:01 AM | Venice InletLow, 12:36 PMFort Myers BeachLow, 12:40 PM |
Beach
- County
- Charlotte County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 26.9632° N
- Longitude
- 82.1104° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Port Charlotte Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Punta GordaPGD
At an airfield/8.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Yorkshire Street Raingage Nr Northport270428082042301
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Port Charlotte 1.7 SSEFL-GL-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/1 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North PortNWFF1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/7 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 Port Charlotte Beach Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Charlottecommunity, 2 mi
- Charlotte Harborcommunity, 3 mi
- Punta Gordacity, 5 mi
- Solanacommunity, 5 mi
- Charlotte Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Harbour Heightscommunity, 6 mi
- Clevelandcommunity, 7 mi
- North Portcity, 9 mi
- Warm Mineral Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Rotondacommunity, 12 mi
- Grove Citycommunity, 14 mi
- Burnt Store Marinacommunity, 14 mi
Beaches near Port Charlotte Beach Park
- Stump Pass Beach State Park15 mi
- Englewood Beach15 mi
- Boca Beach16 mi
- Middle Pass Beach17 mi
- Venice Beach17 mi
- Manasota Public Beach19 mi
- South Venice Beach20 mi
- Caspersen Beach21 mi