Citizen station CW3609CW3609
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Andy Rosse Lane Beach is 76° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 83° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (66%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:26 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 33 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Andy Rosse Lane Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 24 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing W 265°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee.
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee, including Manasota Key, Palm Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Fort Myers Beach. Issued 2:17 AM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | Low | Low |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly cloudy until 8 PM, then partly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | - | In the upper 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds 5 to 10 mph | East winds around 10 mph | East winds around 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon |
| Tides | Venice InletLow, 10:29 AMFort Myers BeachLow, 10:33 AM | Venice InletHigh, 2:21 AMFort Myers BeachHigh, 3:13 AM | Venice InletLow, 11:28 AMFort Myers BeachLow, 11:32 AM |
The 5 instruments nearest Andy Rosse Lane Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station CW3609CW3609
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/21.0 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort MyersNDBC-FMRF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sanibel 1.5 WFL-LE-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
North PortNWFF1
At a cooperative observer's station/36.4 mi away/7 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.