Citizen station FW5640FW5640
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Beach in Nassau County, Florida* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 10 to 15 ft possible. * WHERE...All Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida coastal waters from Altamaha Sound GA to Flagler Beach FL out to 60 NM. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
70°
85°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Calm 0 mph W
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Fernandina Beach until 1 AM Tuesday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 74° after 85° today.
Now. Fernandina Beach is 70° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 Wednesday, near 75°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:11 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 day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
93%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8569
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7466
19%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
7060
14%
28mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7260
19%
21mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7460
12%
17mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7561
12mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
7562
14%
13mph
UV 7
70°
85°69°
74°66°
70°60°
72°60°
74°60°
75°61°
75°62°
As of 5:00 AM in Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Fernandina Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Jacksonville (FL), 26 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good15.8 mi
- Ozone9Good0 ppb15.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good24.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide9Good10 ppb24.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb24.3 mi
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 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fernandina Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Fernandina Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 98°
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 Nassau-Duval-Flagler-St. Johns, and the waves at buoy 41117, 50.1 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- Around 80
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41117, St. Augustine
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- ENE (66°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 15 s from ENE
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 7 s from E
- Water
- 80 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:56 AM
- Distance
- 50.1 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (66°) |
| Fri 2:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Fri 1:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Fri 12:56 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (73°) |
| Thu 11:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 10:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | ENE (75°) |
| Thu 9:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 8:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 7:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 6:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (80°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (86°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (93°) |
| Thu 10:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 9:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (84°) |
| Thu 8:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (83°) |
| Thu 7:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 6:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (82°) |
| Thu 5:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 4:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (89°) |
Surf zone forecast
Nassau-Duval-Flagler-St. Johns, including Yulee, Fernandina Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Palm Coast, Palm Valley, Ponte Vedra Beach, Sawgrass, Vilano Beach, Anastasia, Crescent Beach, St. Augustine, and St. Augustine South. Issued 3:08 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 80 | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the mid 80s | In the mid 70s |
| Winds | Light and variable winds, becoming easterly around 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Vilano BeachSt Augustine BeachFernandina BeachMayport Naval StationJacksonville Beach | Vilano BeachSt Augustine BeachFernandina BeachMayport Naval StationJacksonville Beach |
- Sunday
- Surf height 9 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 10 to 12 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. North winds around 25 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 9 to 11 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 20 mph
Beach
- County
- Nassau County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 30.6576° N
- Longitude
- 81.4322° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Fernandina Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Fernandina BeachNDBC-FRDF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/3.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fernandina Beach 1.5 SFL-NS-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fernandina BeachFRBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/9 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
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Near Fernandina Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Yuleecommunity, 8 mi
- Atlantic Beachcity, 22 mi
- Nassau Village-Ratliffcommunity, 23 mi
- Neptune Beachcity, 24 mi
- Callahantown, 25 mi
- Jacksonville Beachcity, 26 mi
- Jacksonvillecity, 27 mi
- Hilliardtown, 29 mi
- Palm Valleycommunity, 31 mi
- Sawgrasscommunity, 32 mi
- Orange Parktown, 38 mi
- Bellair-Meadowbrook Terracecommunity, 38 mi
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