Citizen station EW7533EW7533
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Seacrest Beach, Florida
Beach in Walton County, Florida* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frequent wind gusts forecast around 30-35 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects.
70°
70°/59°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 70°·Fresh breeze 25 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Seacrest Beach until 7 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Seacrest Beach is 70° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Fresh breeze from the north at 25 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 67° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 12 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 68°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:27 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 24 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
-UV
37Air quality
67%Humidity
78%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
25mph
Today
Oct 17
7059
30mph
Today
Oct 17
7057
30mph
Sun
Oct 18
6855
25mph
Mon
Oct 19
7154
20mph
Tue
Oct 20
7556
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
7758
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
7859
clear day
70°
70°59°
70°57°
68°55°
71°54°
75°56°
77°58°
78°59°
As of 1:00 AM in Seacrest Beach, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Seacrest Beach
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bay and Gulf Counties (FL), 38 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.
GoodModerate
- 35YesterdayOct 16
- GoodTodayOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Seacrest Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 12 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 Seacrest Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 206°
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for South Walton.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less
- Water temperature
- 80 °F
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
South Walton, including Sandestin, Santa Rosa Beach, and Turquoise Beach. Issued 10:21 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | Around 2 feet |
| Water temperature | 80 °F | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Weather | Mostly sunny until 5 PM, then mostly cloudy | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the lower 70s |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph |
| Sunrise | 7:47 AM | 7:48 AM |
| Sunset | 7:13 PM | 7:12 PM |
| Tides | Panama CityLow, 12:41 PM | Panama CityLow, 1:40 PM |
- Sunday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs around 70. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Moderate rip current risk. Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Walton County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 30.2993° N
- Longitude
- 86.0765° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Seacrest Beach, 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
Panama City BeachNDBC-PCBF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Panama CityECP
At an airfield/17.2 mi away/226 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Laguna Beach 9.4 WNWFL-WT-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Div Forestry/Panama City TwrPCYF1
At a cooperative observer's station/27.3 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Seacrest Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Laguna Beachcommunity, 9 mi
- Freeportcity, 14 mi
- Ebrotown, 15 mi
- Panama City Beachcity, 15 mi
- Miramar Beachcommunity, 17 mi
- Upper Grand Lagooncommunity, 21 mi
- Lower Grand Lagooncommunity, 21 mi
- Pretty Bayoucommunity, 23 mi
- Destincity, 25 mi
- Lynn Havencity, 26 mi
- Panama Citycity, 27 mi
- Nicevillecity, 28 mi
Beaches near Seacrest Beach
- Alys Beach3 mi
- Eastern Green Beach3 mi
- Grayton Beach State Park5 mi
- Choctaw Beach Park19 mi
- Henderson Beach State Park22 mi
- Panama City Beaches23 mi
- Delwood Beach24 mi
- Eglin Beach Park28 mi