Citizen station CW5277CW5277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve, Florida
Beach in Lee County, Florida88°
90°/75°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 94°·Light air 4 mph WSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 1 PM, the chance peaking at 74% around 4 PM.
Now. San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve is 88° and mostly clear at 4 PM. With the humidity it feels like 94°. The dew point is 72°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the west-southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 79° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. Highs stay close to 82° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (82%). Rain is possible Sunday (39%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:25 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 33 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
28Air quality
55%Humidity
35%Cloud
Now
4:00 PM
88feels94
20%
Today
Oct 16
9075
55%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8375
82%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
8168
39%
20mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8266
19mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8266
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8265
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8365
UV 8
88°
90°75°
83°75°
81°68°
82°66°
82°66°
82°65°
83°65°
As of 4:00 PM in San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve, Florida.
Air quality
The air at San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 18 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good10.2 mi
- Ozone28Good30 ppb4.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good10.2 mi
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 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
Visibility
How far you can see at San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 198°
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
- Lee County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 26.4791° N
- Longitude
- 81.9710° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/10.0 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort MyersNDBC-FMRF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Iona 0.5 NNEFL-LE-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NaplesNPLF1
At a cooperative observer's station/26.6 mi away/30 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 San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ionacommunity, 2 mi
- Punta Rassacommunity, 3 mi
- Harlem Heightscommunity, 4 mi
- Fort Myers Beachtown, 5 mi
- Cypress Lakecommunity, 6 mi
- Sanibelcity, 6 mi
- McGregorcommunity, 7 mi
- St. James Citycommunity, 7 mi
- Whiskey Creekcommunity, 8 mi
- Villascommunity, 8 mi
- Pine Manorcommunity, 9 mi
- Page Parkcommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserve
- Bunche Beachunder 1 mi
- West Bunche Beachunder 1 mi
- Lighthouse Beach Park3 mi
- Dixie Beach4 mi
- Calusa Point7 mi
- Lee County Dog Beach9 mi
- Lolly's Beach10 mi
- Little Hickory Island Beach Park11 mi