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At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sanders Beach Park, Florida
Beach in Escambia County, Florida* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi. * WHEN...From 10 PM Friday to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong and gusty winds will be capable of downing numerous additional compromised trees which would result in renewed power outages in vulnerable areas impacted by the extreme winds during Hurricane Isaias. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors along with potentially blocking previously cleared roadways. Additional road closures will be possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Many trees are leaning over power lines, homes, and roads in the impacted area. Frequent wind gusts forecast between 35 and 40 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Use extreme caution if you must travel or be outdoors Friday night through Saturday. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
74°
83°/67°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 74°·Light breeze 5 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sanders Beach Park 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. Sanders Beach Park is 74° and mostly clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the north at 5 mph.
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. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
57Air quality
97%Humidity
30%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
74feels74
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8367
24%
18mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7156
21mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7054
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7454
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
7655
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7756
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7957
overcast
74°
83°67°
71°56°
70°54°
74°54°
76°55°
77°56°
79°57°
As of 7:00 AM in Sanders Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Sanders Beach Park
Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 21 miles off.
57Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate8.9 mi
- Ozone8Good6 ppb8.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good8.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb8.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 61YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sanders Beach Park
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Sanders Beach Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 173°
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 Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, and the waves at buoy 42012, 29.9 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 42012, Orange Beach
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- SSE (164°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 6 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 4 s from SSE
- Water
- 80 °F
- Read
- Fri 6:50 AM
- Distance
- 29.9 mi
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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (166°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (175°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (174°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
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 |
- Saturday night
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Sunday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Sunday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Escambia County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 30.4014° N
- Longitude
- 87.2380° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sanders Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW0933GW0933
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.8 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pensacola 3.2 SSWFL-ES-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PesacolaPSAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/118 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
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