Citizen station CW5277CW5277
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
West Bunche Beach, Florida
Beach in Lee County, Florida78°
90°/75°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 4 mph E
Now. West Bunche Beach is 78° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 83° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (67%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:25 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
19Air quality
94%Humidity
53%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
78feels78
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
9075
54%
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
8475
67%
14mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8169
21%
21mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
8268
16mph
UV 8
Tue
Oct 20
8467
15mph
UV 8
Wed
Oct 21
8466
14mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 22
8366
10%
13mph
UV 8
78°
90°75°
84°75°
81°69°
82°68°
84°67°
84°66°
83°66°
As of 1:00 AM in West Bunche Beach, Florida.
Air quality
The air at West Bunche Beach
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 18 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at West Bunche Beach
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.05in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
Visibility
How far you can see at West Bunche Beach, the next 44 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sat 12 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 199°
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less
- Water temperature
- In the mid 80s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee, including Manasota Key, Palm Island, Captiva, Sanibel, and Fort Myers Beach. Issued 2:17 AM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less | 1 foot or less |
| Water temperature | In the mid 80s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | Low | Low | Low |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly cloudy until 8 PM, then partly cloudy. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms | Mostly sunny. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the upper 80s | - | In the upper 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds 5 to 10 mph | East winds around 10 mph | East winds around 10 mph, becoming south in the afternoon |
| Tides | Venice InletLow, 10:29 AMFort Myers BeachLow, 10:33 AM | Venice InletHigh, 2:21 AMFort Myers BeachHigh, 3:13 AM | Venice InletLow, 11:28 AMFort Myers BeachLow, 11:32 AM |
Beach
- County
- Lee County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 26.4810° N
- Longitude
- 81.9819° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest West Bunche Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/10.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort MyersNDBC-FMRF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Iona 0.5 NNEFL-LE-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NaplesNPLF1
At a cooperative observer's station/27.2 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
Elsewhere in Florida
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near West Bunche Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Punta Rassacommunity, 3 mi
- Ionacommunity, 3 mi
- Harlem Heightscommunity, 4 mi
- Fort Myers Beachtown, 5 mi
- Sanibelcity, 6 mi
- Cypress Lakecommunity, 6 mi
- St. James Citycommunity, 7 mi
- McGregorcommunity, 7 mi
- Whiskey Creekcommunity, 8 mi
- Villascommunity, 9 mi
- Pine Manorcommunity, 9 mi
- Page Parkcommunity, 10 mi
Beaches near West Bunche Beach
- San Carlos Bay - Bunche Beach Preserveunder 1 mi
- Bunche Beachunder 1 mi
- Lighthouse Beach Park3 mi
- Dixie Beach4 mi
- Calusa Point6 mi
- Lee County Dog Beach10 mi
- Lolly's Beach10 mi
- Little Hickory Island Beach Park11 mi