PanaceaPRWF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 74° after 87° today.
Now. Wilson Beach is 70° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 8 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. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:26 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 27 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Wilson Beach, Florida.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Tallahassee (FL), 33 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing S 187°
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 Coastal Franklin.
Coastal Franklin, including Apalachicola. Issued 11:53 AM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | Around 1 foot |
| Water temperature | 78 °F | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the lower 80s |
| Winds | East winds around 10 mph | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon |
| Sunrise | 7:41 AM | 7:41 AM |
| Sunset | 7:10 PM | 7:09 PM |
| Tides | ApalachicolaLow, 1:52 PM | ApalachicolaHigh, 6:01 AMLow, 2:40 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Wilson Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
PanaceaPRWF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.6 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wakulla #1S2009
At a soil climate station/25.6 mi away/150 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/32.5 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW5456GW5456
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.4 mi away/173 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Crawfordville 5.0 SFL-WK-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.7 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/27.5 mi away/-26 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.