Citizen station GW6419GW6419
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Riviera 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 6 PM, the chance peaking at 58% around 7 PM.
Now. Riviera Beach is 77° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 74°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 11 PM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 83° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (84%). Rain is possible Friday (36%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 12:11 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Riviera Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
2.15 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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing ESE 122°
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 Coastal Palm Beach.
Coastal Palm Beach, including Palm Beach. Issued 4:26 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | Around 2 feet | 1 to 2 feet |
| 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 mid 80s |
| Max heat index | Up to 101 | - |
| Winds | Southeast winds around 5 mph | West winds around 5 mph, becoming north in the afternoon |
| Sunrise | 7:20 AM | 7:20 AM |
| Sunset | 6:52 PM | 6:51 PM |
| Tides | Lake Worth PierHigh, 12:41 PM | Lake Worth PierLow, 7:03 AMHigh, 1:33 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest Riviera Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW6419GW6419
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.4 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake Worth PierNDBC-LKWF1
At a harbour/11.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Riviera Beach 2.5 ENEFL-PB-119
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Juno BeachJUBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.