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In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
John D MacArthur Beach State Park, Florida
Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida80°
89°/77°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 85°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Now. John D MacArthur Beach State Park is 80° and mostly clear at 3 AM. With the humidity it feels like 85°. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 76° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 82°. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (95%) and Sunday (76%). Rain is possible Monday (35%), Tuesday (32%) and Thursday (37%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:16 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 32 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
87%Humidity
35%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
80feels85
12%
Today
Oct 16
8977
52%
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8775
95%
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8273
76%
23mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8372
35%
18mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8472
32%
17mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8371
25%
15mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8370
37%
13mph
UV 7
80°
89°77°
87°75°
82°73°
83°72°
84°72°
83°71°
83°70°
As of 3:00 AM in John D MacArthur Beach State Park, Florida.
Air quality
The air at John D MacArthur Beach State Park
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, West Palm Beach (FL), 9 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at John D MacArthur Beach State Park
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
Visibility
How far you can see at John D MacArthur Beach State Park, the next 42 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Sat 6 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
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 Coastal Palm Beach.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- Around 1 foot
- Water temperature
- In the mid 80s
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Palm Beach, including Palm Beach. Issued 3:52 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | Around 1 foot | Around 2 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Moderate | Moderate |
| Waterspout risk | None | None |
| Weather | Partly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms | Partly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | In the upper 80s |
| Max heat index | Up to 102 | Up to 103 |
| Winds | East winds around 10 mph | East winds 5 to 10 mph |
| Sunrise | 7:19 AM | 7:20 AM |
| Sunset | 6:53 PM | 6:52 PM |
| Tides | Lake Worth PierHigh, 11:54 AM | Lake Worth PierLow, 6:09 AMHigh, 12:41 PM |
Beach
- County
- Palm Beach County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 26.8364° N
- Longitude
- 80.0412° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest John D MacArthur Beach State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake Worth PierNDBC-LKWF1
At a harbour/15.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
North Palm Beach 0.3 SWFL-PB-124
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Juno BeachJUBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/33 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 John D MacArthur Beach State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Juno Ridgecommunity, 2 mi
- North Palm Beachvillage, 2 mi
- Juno Beachtown, 2 mi
- Lake Parktown, 3 mi
- Cabana Colonycommunity, 3 mi
- Palm Beach Shorestown, 4 mi
- Riviera Beachcity, 4 mi
- Palm Beach Gardenscity, 4 mi
- Mangonia Parktown, 6 mi
- Jupitertown, 7 mi
- Jupiter Inlet Colonytown, 8 mi
- West Palm Beachcity, 8 mi
Beaches near John D MacArthur Beach State Park
- Juno Beach2 mi
- Riviera Beach4 mi
- Jupiter Beach Park8 mi
- Summa Beach13 mi
- Lake Worth Beach Park15 mi
- Hobe Sound Beach17 mi
- Bonair Beach18 mi
- Delray Public Beach25 mi