MarianaMAI
At an airfield/11.7 mi away/112 ft/20 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cottondale, Florida
Town in Jackson County, Florida* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and compromised trees. Trees damaged from Hurricane Isaias will be extra vulnerable to the elevated winds that may result in more downed trees in the area. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frequent wind gusts forecast around 30-35 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
68°
88°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Cottondale until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 88° today.
Now. Cottondale is 68° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 Wednesday, near 79°, and the coolest Sunday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
95%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8865
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7157
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6852
17mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7351
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
7752
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7952
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7952
overcast
68°
88°65°
71°57°
68°52°
73°51°
77°52°
79°52°
79°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Cottondale, Florida.
Air quality
The air at Cottondale
Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 7 miles off.
6Good
- Ozone6Good2 ppb13.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cottondale
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cottondale, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cottondale, FloridaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cottondale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rank2,187of 2,338
Citizen station FW8483FW8483
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.1 mi away/120 ft/12 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Jackson Blue Spring Nr Marianna02358795
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cottondale 3.9 SWFL-JK-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/147 ft/15 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ChipleyCHPF1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/151 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Mariana, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 11.7 mi from Cottondale, Florida. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
67.0 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Mariana, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Cottondale
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Chipleycity, 10 mi
- Campbelltontown, 10 mi
- Greenwoodtown, 14 mi
- Gracevillecity, 14 mi
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- Wausautown, 17 mi
- Bascomtown, 18 mi
- Bonifaycity, 18 mi
- Nomatown, 19 mi