Temperature
70 F at 2 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 70F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Florida
Medium airport in Okaloosa 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.
69°
84°/66°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Calm 0 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport 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 72° after 84° today.
Now. Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport is 69° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:33 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
10Air quality
93%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
69feels69
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8466
14%
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7256
14%
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7153
16mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7553
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
7754
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7954
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8056
overcast
69°
84°66°
72°56°
71°53°
75°53°
77°54°
79°54°
80°56°
As of 3:00 AM in Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
Index 10, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Okaloosa County (FL), 15 miles off.
10Good
- Ozone6Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VPS
- ICAO
- KVPS
- IATA
- VPS
- Field elevation
- 87 ft
- Serves
- Valparaiso
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- VPS
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 10,012 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt | 12° / 192° | Calm | Calm |
| 12 / 30 | 12,004 ft | 300 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Eglin AFB/Valparais (VPS), Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 68 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 10 AM Thursday to 93% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 68F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 43 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Eglin AFB/Valparais: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/85 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Naval Live OaksNLOF1
On a military installation/37.9 mi away/28 ft/59 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Valparaiso 1.4 NFL-OK-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/86 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NicevilleNCVF1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/102 ft/15 ft above 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 Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Valparaisocity, 2 mi
- Eglin AFBcommunity, 3 mi
- Nicevillecity, 4 mi
- Lake Lorrainecommunity, 4 mi
- Shalimartown, 5 mi
- Destincity, 6 mi
- Ocean Citycommunity, 6 mi
- Cinco Bayoutown, 7 mi
- Fort Walton Beachcity, 8 mi
- Wrightcommunity, 8 mi
- Mary Esthercity, 10 mi
- Hurlburt Fieldcommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
- Destin Executive AirportDTS, 6 mi
- Hurlburt FieldHRT, 11 mi
- Duke FieldEGI, 12 mi
- Bob Sikes AirportCEW, 21 mi
- Choctaw Nolf AirportNFJ, 26 mi
- Defuniak Springs Airport54J, 28 mi
- Whiting Field Naval Air Station South AirportNDZ, 34 mi
- Whiting Field Naval Air Station - NorthNSE, 34 mi