PensacolaNDBC-PCLF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sanders Beach Park until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 84° today.
Now. Sanders Beach Park is 73° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Sanders Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 21 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing S 173°
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 Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, and the waves at buoy 42012, 29.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:20 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | S (184°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | S (185°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | S (171°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | SSW (193°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (164°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | - | S (185°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (180°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (187°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (169°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (179°) |
Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, including Pensacola Beach, Gulf Breeze, Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Destin. Issued 12:56 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of tonight | Friday | Friday night | Saturday | Saturday night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | Around 1 foot | Around 1 foot | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - | - | - | - |
| UV index | - | High | - | - | - |
| Weather | Partly cloudy | Mostly sunny | Partly cloudy until 7 PM, then mostly cloudy until 8 PM, then partly cloudy until 11 PM, then mostly cloudy until 3 AM, then partly cloudy | Sunny | Clear |
| High temperature | - | In the lower 80s | - | In the lower 70s | - |
| Low temperature | In the lower 70s | - | Around 60 | - | In the upper 50s |
| Winds | Light and variable winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon | Windy. Northwest winds around 20 mph, increasing to north around 30 mph after midnight | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph | Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph |
| Tides | Pensacola PassHigh 1.4 ft, 1:02 AMNavarre BeachHigh 1.8 ft, 11:36 PMEast Pass (Destin)High 0.9 ft, 1:52 AM | Pensacola PassLow 0.3 ft, 2:08 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.2 ft, 11:49 AMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 2:08 PM | Pensacola PassHigh 1.4 ft, 1:53 AMNavarre BeachHigh 1.8 ft, 12:33 AMEast Pass (Destin)High 0.8 ft, 2:43 AM | 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 |
The 5 instruments nearest Sanders Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
PensacolaNDBC-PCLF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW0933GW0933
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.8 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pensacola 3.2 SSWFL-ES-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PesacolaPSAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 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.