In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 9 AM (63%).
Now. Crescent Beach is 80° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 75°, so the air feels very oppressive. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 76° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 79°. Thunderstorms is likely Saturday (77%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Crescent Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sarasota (FL), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SW 236°
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 Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota.
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota, including Clearwater Beach, Saint Pete Beach, Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Siesta Key, Turtle Beach, and Venice. 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 lower 80s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | Low | Low |
| Weather | Sunny. Isolated showers and thunderstorms | Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | - | In the upper 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the mid 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds 5 to 10 mph | East winds around 10 mph | East winds around 10 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon |
| Tides | Saint PetersburgLow, 12:07 PMVenice InletLow, 10:29 AM | Saint PetersburgHigh, 4:23 AMVenice InletHigh, 2:21 AM | Saint PetersburgLow, 1:06 PMVenice InletLow, 11:28 AM |
The 5 instruments nearest Crescent Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/10.1 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Venice Inlet At Crow's Nest Marina At Venice02299735
At a harbour/10.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sarasota 4.0 SFL-SS-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
VeniceVNCF1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/33 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.