Citizen station W4HIX-2W4HIX-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.0 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Bradenton Beach, Florida
Beach in Manatee County, Florida83°
88°/76°
Clear·
Feels like 89°·Light breeze 6 mph WNW
Now. Bradenton Beach is 83° and clear at 6 PM. With the humidity it feels like 89°. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 76° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 80° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (86%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:25 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.
0UV Low
36Air quality
71%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
83feels89
16%
Today
Oct 16
8876
38%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8176
86%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7964
21mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8065
18mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8063
13mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8064
12mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8065
UV 8
83°
88°76°
81°76°
79°64°
80°65°
80°63°
80°64°
80°65°
As of 6:00 PM in Bradenton Beach, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Bradenton Beach
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, St. Petersburg (FL), 27 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone36Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- ModerateSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bradenton Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. 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 Bradenton Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 249°
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less
- Water temperature
- In the lower 80s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota, including Clearwater Beach, Saint Pete Beach, Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Turtle Beach, and Venice. Issued 3:13 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less | 1 to 2 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 80s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | Low | Low |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly cloudy until 2 AM, then partly cloudy until 5 AM, then mostly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Partly sunny. Numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the mid 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon | North winds around 5 mph | North winds 10 to 15 mph |
| Tides | Saint PetersburgLow, 1:06 PMVenice InletLow, 11:28 AM | Saint PetersburgHigh, 5:11 AMVenice InletHigh, 3:09 AM | Saint PetersburgLow, 2:14 PMVenice InletLow, 12:36 PM |
Beach
- County
- Manatee County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 27.5329° N
- Longitude
- 82.7439° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Bradenton Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Port ManateeNDBC-PMAF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.5 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cortez 1.5 NNWFL-MA-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BradentonBRAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from 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 Bradenton Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Anna Mariacity, 1 mi
- Holmes Beachcity, 2 mi
- Cortezcommunity, 7 mi
- West Bradentoncommunity, 8 mi
- Palmettocity, 10 mi
- Tierra Verdecommunity, 10 mi
- Bradentoncity, 11 mi
- South Bradentoncommunity, 11 mi
- Memphiscommunity, 11 mi
- Bayshore Gardenscommunity, 12 mi
- West Samosetcommunity, 12 mi
- Longboat Keytown, 13 mi
Beaches near Bradenton Beach
- Manatee County Beach3 mi
- Seven Pines5 mi
- Dog Beach6 mi
- North Beach7 mi
- East Beach8 mi
- Pasa A Grille Beach11 mi
- Pass-a-Grille Beach11 mi
- South Beach13 mi