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The Saint Lucie North Sandbar, Florida

Beach in Martin County, Florida

Air quality

The air at The Saint Lucie North Sandbar

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Fort Pierce (FL), 17 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone12Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at The Saint Lucie North Sandbar

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 5 AM. 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 The Saint Lucie North Sandbar, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sun 12 AM.

FriSat
The Saint Lucie North Sandbar from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 6:20 AM, night, light rain, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 0.3 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.260W280290Facing W 279°Wind 4 mphfrom ESE, offshoreRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking W from the sand at 6:20 AM, night, light rain, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 0.3 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing W 279°

300 ft

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 Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin.

Today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
Around 2 feet
Water temperature
In the lower 80s
UV index
Very High

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Saint Lucie-Coastal Martin, including Fort Pierce Inlet, Jensen Beach, St Lucie Inlet, and Hobe Sound. Issued 3:00 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateHigh
Surf heightAround 2 feetAround 2 feet
Water temperatureIn the lower 80s-
UV indexVery High-
Thunderstorm potentialModerateModerate
WeatherMostly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstormsMostly sunny until 2 PM, then mostly cloudy. Showers and a chance of thunderstorms
High temperatureIn the upper 80sIn the mid 80s
WindsSoutheast winds 5 to 10 mphNorthwest winds 5 to 10 mph
Sunrise7:22 AM7:22 AM
Sunset6:52 PM6:51 PM
TidesFort Pierce InletLow 0.3 ft, 6:16 AMHigh 2.2 ft, 1:05 PMFort Pierce InletLow 0.3 ft, 7:08 AMHigh 2.1 ft, 2:00 PM
Sunday
Partly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Monday
Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 20 mph

Tide

Tide at Fort Pierce InletLow 0.3 ft at Fri 6:16 AM, High 2.2 ft at Fri 1:05 PM, Low 0.3 ft at Sat 7:08 AM, High 2.1 ft at Sat 2:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon0.3 ft6:16 AM2.2 ft1:05 PM0.3 ft7:08 AM2.1 ft2:00 PMNow 0.3 ftTide at Fort Pierce InletLow 0.3 ft at Fri 6:16 AM, High 2.2 ft at Fri 1:05 PM, Low 0.3 ft at Sat 7:08 AM, High 2.1 ft at Sat 2:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonSatNoon0.3 ft6:16 AM2.2 ft1:05 PM0.3 ft7:08 AM2.1 ft2:00 PMNow 0.3 ft
Tide at Fort Pierce Inlet. Low 0.3 ft at Fri 6:16 AM, High 2.2 ft at Fri 1:05 PM, Low 0.3 ft at Sat 7:08 AM, High 2.1 ft at Sat 2:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Martin County
State
Florida
Latitude
27.1834° N
Longitude
80.1717° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest The Saint Lucie North Sandbar, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station GW5915GW5915

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

StuartSTRF1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/-1 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Stuart 4.8 SEFL-MT-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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