Naval Live OaksNLOF1
On a military installation/2.2 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Rip Current Statement, in full
Alert. A Rip Current Statement is in force for Harry Gowens Park Pensacola Beach until 7 AM Tuesday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Harry Gowens Park Pensacola Beach is 60° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:32 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 24 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Harry Gowens Park Pensacola Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 24 miles off.
Good each day through Thu Oct 22, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 1 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 1 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The surf zone forecast for Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, and the waves at buoy 42012, 31.3 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 7:20 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | ENE (77°) |
| Sat 6:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | ENE (70°) |
| Sat 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | ENE (74°) |
| Sat 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | ENE (70°) |
| Sat 3:50 PM | 3.6 ft | - | ENE (74°) |
| Sat 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | ENE (75°) |
| Sat 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | ENE (78°) |
| Sat 12:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (71°) |
| Sat 11:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | ENE (66°) |
| Sat 10:50 AM | 5.6 ft | - | ENE (66°) |
| Sat 9:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | ENE (57°) |
| Sat 8:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (57°) |
| Sat 7:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NE (38°) |
| Sat 6:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Sat 5:20 AM | 5.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (25°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (0°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (350°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 4.6 ft | - | NNW (343°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNW (344°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (158°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 1.6 ft | - | SSE (151°) |
Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, including Pensacola Beach, Gulf Breeze, Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Destin. Issued 3:02 PM CDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Clear | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 70s | - | In the lower 70s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 50s | - |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph | Northeast winds around 20 mph | Northeast winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Pensacola PassLow 0.2 ft, 3:04 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.3 ft, 12:41 PMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 3:04 PM | Pensacola PassHigh 1.4 ft, 2:44 AMNavarre BeachHigh 1.7 ft, 1:36 AMEast Pass (Destin)High 0.8 ft, 3:34 AM | Pensacola PassLow 0.3 ft, 3:44 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.4 ft, 1:23 PMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 3:44 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest Harry Gowens Park Pensacola Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Naval Live OaksNLOF1
On a military installation/2.2 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW9380FW9380
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/10.5 mi away/121 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gulf Breeze 1.1 ESEFL-SR-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PesacolaPSAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/118 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.