Citizen station FW3572FW3572
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (77%).
Now. South Beach Park is 78° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 77°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 85°, and the coolest Sunday, near 81°. Rain or snow is likely tomorrow (86%) and Sunday (54%). Rain is possible Monday (31%) and Thursday (35%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:15 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 31 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in South Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Indian River County (FL), 16 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.65 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing ENE 65°
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 Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands.
Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, including Vero Beach, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, and Melbourne Beach. Issued 3:00 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | Around 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 80s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Moderate | Moderate |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms | Partly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | In the lower 80s |
| Winds | Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph | Northwest winds around 5 mph, increasing to north around 20 mph in the afternoon |
| Sunrise | 7:23 AM | 7:24 AM |
| Sunset | 6:53 PM | 6:52 PM |
| Tides | Port CanaveralHigh 4.1 ft, 12:22 PMSebastian InletLow 0.8 ft, 6:03 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 12:21 PM | Port CanaveralLow 1.3 ft, 6:43 AMHigh 4.0 ft, 1:11 PMSebastian InletLow 0.9 ft, 6:54 AMHigh 2.3 ft, 1:12 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest South Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW3572FW3572
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Vero BeachVRB
At an airfield/4.3 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
S Prong Sebastian River 4 SW Sebastian 4SWSEBF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.4 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Vero Beach 2.7 ESEFL-IR-58
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vero BeachVRBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/30 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.