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Panama City Beaches, Florida

Beach in Bay County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Panama City Beaches

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Bay and Gulf Counties (FL), 17 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Panama City Beaches

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Panama City Beaches, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

FriSatSun
Panama City Beaches from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 1:44 PM, the sun ahead, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.210220SW230240Facing SW 225°Moon 92° leftWind 5 mphfrom WSW, onshoreRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SW from the sand at 1:44 PM, the sun ahead, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SW 225°

300 ft

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 Bay.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
1 foot or less
Water temperature
82 °F
UV index
High

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Bay, including Panama City Beach and Magnolia Beach. Issued 10:21 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastRest of todaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateModerate
Surf height1 foot or lessAround 2 feet
Water temperature82 °F-
UV indexHigh-
WeatherMostly sunnySunny
High temperatureIn the mid 80sIn the lower 70s
WindsNortheast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoonWindy. North winds around 30 mph
Sunrise7:45 AM7:46 AM
Sunset7:12 PM7:11 PM
TidesPanama CityLow, 12:41 PMPanama CityLow, 1:40 PM
Sunday
Moderate rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs around 70. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Monday
Moderate rip current risk. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tuesday
Moderate rip current risk. Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Bay County
State
Florida
Latitude
30.1328° N
Longitude
85.7458° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Panama City Beaches, 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

Citizen station WZ3XWZ3X

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Panama CityNDBC-PACF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Panama City 5.0 WSWFL-BY-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Div Forestry/Panama City TwrPCYF1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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