Citizen station DW8248DW8248
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Spessard Holland South Beach Park, Florida
Beach in Brevard County, FloridaWind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * WHERE...Coastal Indian River, Mainland Southern Brevard, and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
80°
81°/70°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 80°·Moderate breeze 19 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Spessard Holland South Beach Park until 8 PM today. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Spessard Holland South Beach Park is 80° and mostly clear at 2 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 76° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 6 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. Highs stay close to 81° all week. Rain is likely Saturday (60%). Rain is possible tomorrow (43%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:50 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 52% lit, and sets at 1:07 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
7UV High
36Air quality
58%Humidity
33%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
80feels80
19mph
UV 7
Today
Oct 18
8170
34%
26mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8172
43%
23mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8168
16%
19mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8269
15mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 22
8067
14mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 23
8166
13%
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 24
8169
60%
23mph
UV 7
80°
81°70°
81°72°
81°68°
82°69°
80°67°
81°66°
81°69°
As of 2:00 PM in Spessard Holland South Beach Park, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Spessard Holland South Beach Park
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 20 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone36Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 22, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 17
- GoodTodayOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
- GoodThuOct 22
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Tue 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Spessard Holland South Beach Park
0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Last 3 days
- 0.19in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 32%
Visibility
How far you can see at Spessard Holland South Beach Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Tue 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Mon 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 64°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
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 Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, and the waves at buoy 41009, 38.8 mi away.
- In force High surf advisory in effect until 4 AM EDT Tuesday
- In force High rip current risk in effect through late Monday night
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 6 to 8 feet
- Water temperature
- Around 80
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41009, Canaveral
- Wave height
- 7.5 ft
- Period
- 11 s
- From
- NE (35°)
- Swell
- 6.2 ft at 11 s from NE
- Wind waves
- 4.3 ft at 6 s from NNE
- Water
- -
- Read
- Sun 1:50 PM
- Distance
- 38.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1:50 PM | 7.5 ft | 11 s | NE (35°) |
| Sun 12:50 PM | 9.5 ft | 11 s | NNE (19°) |
| Sun 11:50 AM | 8.5 ft | 11 s | NNE (25°) |
| Sun 10:50 AM | 8.5 ft | 11 s | NE (34°) |
| Sun 9:50 AM | 8.9 ft | 11 s | NNE (23°) |
| Sun 8:50 AM | 8.9 ft | 11 s | NNE (24°) |
| Sun 7:50 AM | 7.9 ft | 10 s | NNE (29°) |
| Sun 6:50 AM | 7.9 ft | 11 s | NNE (17°) |
| Sun 5:50 AM | 7.9 ft | 10 s | NNE (16°) |
| Sun 4:50 AM | 8.5 ft | 10 s | NNE (21°) |
| Sun 3:50 AM | 7.9 ft | 9 s | NNE (16°) |
| Sun 2:50 AM | 8.2 ft | 8 s | N (357°) |
| Sun 1:50 AM | 7.5 ft | 8 s | N (356°) |
| Sun 12:50 AM | 6.6 ft | 7 s | N (357°) |
| Sat 11:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 7 s | NNW (342°) |
| Sat 10:50 PM | 7.5 ft | 7 s | NNW (341°) |
| Sat 9:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 7 s | NNW (335°) |
| Sat 8:50 PM | 6.9 ft | 7 s | NNW (339°) |
| Sat 7:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 7 s | NNW (337°) |
| Sat 6:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 7 s | NNW (328°) |
| Sat 5:50 PM | 7.5 ft | 7 s | NNW (336°) |
| Sat 4:20 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | NNW (336°) |
| Sat 3:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 6 s | NNW (328°) |
| Sat 2:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNW (329°) |
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, including Vero Beach, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, and Melbourne Beach. Issued 11:00 AM EDT Sun Oct 18.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | High |
| Surf height | 6 to 8 feet | 8 to 10 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 80 | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the lower 80s |
| Winds | Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph | Northeast winds around 20 mph |
| Sunrise | 7:24 AM | 7:25 AM |
| Sunset | 6:51 PM | 6:50 PM |
| Tides | Port CanaveralHigh 3.9 ft, 2:03 PMSebastian InletHigh 2.3 ft, 2:08 PM | Port CanaveralLow 1.4 ft, 8:31 AMHigh 3.9 ft, 2:58 PMSebastian InletLow 1.0 ft, 8:57 AMHigh 2.3 ft, 3:06 PM |
- Tuesday
- Mostly sunny. Highs around 80. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Thursday
- Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Brevard County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 28.0458° N
- Longitude
- 80.5464° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Spessard Holland South Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ValkariaX59
At an airfield/5.9 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
S Prong Sebastian River 4 SW Sebastian 4SWSEBF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.3 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Titusville 7 E92821
At a climate reference station/40.0 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Melbourne Beach 3.1 SSEFL-BV-82
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MelbourneMLBF1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/30 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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