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Marine Weather and Tides Niceville, FL Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

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Sunrise 6:40AM

Sunset 5:16PM

Friday January 24, 2020 11:01 AM CST (17:01 UTC)

Moonrise 7:38AM

Moonset 6:09PM

Illumination 0%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

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7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Niceville, FL

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Area Discussion for - Mobile/Pensacola, FL

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FXUS64 KMOB 241034 AFDMOB

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 434 AM CST Fri Jan 24 2020

NEAR TERM /Now Through Friday night/. Visibilities across the southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama have improved above 1/4 mile. Therefore, the Dense Fog Advisory has been cancelled for these areas. High resolution models are indicating reduced visibilities down to 1/4 mile to occur across the south central Alabama and the western Florida panhandle early this morning. Therefore, the Dense Fog Advisory has been expanded for these areas. Have removed pops for early this morning over the easternmost portion of the area, so dry conditions are expected Friday into Friday night. Highs on Friday range from around 60 well inland to lower 60s elsewhere. Lows Friday night range from the mid 30s inland to around 40 at the coast. A high risk of rip currents continues through Friday afternoon then a moderate risk is in effect for Friday night. /29 /22

SHORT TERM /Saturday Through Sunday night/. Upper level zonal flow will remain over the region into Sunday ahead of an upper level trough approaching from the west. This upper shortwave is forecast to move east over the northern Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, inducing a surface low pressure area that is first expected to develop over the northwest gulf, and then track eastward across the central gulf Sunday and Sunday night. Dry conditions are forecast through Saturday, followed by precipitation increasing Sunday and Sunday evening north of the surface low track. Isolated to scattered showers will move into the western and central portions of the forecast area Sunday morning, followed by scattered to numerous showers over the entire forecast area through Sunday evening. The rain chances will gradually taper off late Sunday night. High temperatures will be slightly below normal Saturday, ranging from 55 to 60 degrees. High temperatures on Sunday will be about three degrees lower, ranging from 52 to 57 degrees. Low temperatures in the mid 30s to lower 40s Saturday will warm into the low to mid 40s Sunday night. /22

LONG TERM /Monday Through Thursday/. Monday through Tuesday, a weak upper ridge will pass over the Southeast, bringing a period of dry, seasonably warm weather to the area. Light northerly flow will reinforce a dry airmass over the region, keeping the forecast area rain free. High temperatures in the low to mid 60s expected Monday and Tuesday, with low temperatures Monday night ranging from around 40 inland to mid 40s along the coast.

Tuesday night through Thursday will be unsettled, with a series of passing shortwave troughs bringing periods of isentropic upglide induced rainshowers to the forecast area. This upglide will be north of a surface low forming along the stalled surface boundary with each shortwave trough's passage. The path and timing vary with each trough and associated surface low, leading to a less confident forecast. Ensembles for the ECMWF and GFS show the best compromise solution, so have went that way with the forecast. First round of rain is Tuesday night through Wednesday, with the next round being Wednesday night into Thursday night. Guidance is advertising around seasonal temperatures through the period, and with the heaviest rain expected over open Gulf waters, with highs chance of rain being closer to the passing surface low, have made only minor tweaks to the numbers. /16

MARINE. A cold front will progress across the area early this morning, bringing a light to moderate northwest to north flow through the remainder of the week. A light, mainly easterly flow and increasing rain chances will occur on Sunday as a surface low moves east across the central gulf. A light to moderate offshore flow will follow through the remainder of the forecast as another cold front sweeps across the area late Sunday night. /22

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS. Mobile 62 37 59 42 55 45 63 42 / 0 0 0 10 50 50 10 0 Pensacola 63 40 59 43 56 47 63 44 / 0 0 0 0 40 50 10 0 Destin 64 43 57 45 56 48 62 46 / 10 0 0 0 40 60 20 0 Evergreen 63 36 59 38 55 43 62 39 / 10 0 0 0 20 50 10 0 Waynesboro 59 33 57 38 53 42 60 38 / 0 0 0 10 40 40 10 0 Camden 60 35 55 38 53 42 59 38 / 0 0 0 0 20 40 10 0 Crestview 64 38 60 39 57 44 63 40 / 10 0 0 0 30 50 10 0

MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. AL . High Rip Current Risk through this afternoon for ALZ265-266.

Dense Fog Advisory until 6 AM CST early this morning for ALZ056- 059-060.

FL . High Rip Current Risk through this afternoon for FLZ202-204-206.

Dense Fog Advisory until 6 AM CST early this morning for FLZ201- 203-205.

MS . None. GM . None.

This product is also available on the web at: http://weather.gov/mob

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Weather Reporting Stations

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Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
PCBF1	37 mi	49 min	W 7 G 8	63°F	62°F		1017.1 hPa
PCLF1 - 8729840 - Pensacola, FL	40 mi	43 min	NW 5.1 G 8.9	57°F			1018.1 hPa
PACF1 - 8729108 - Panama City, FL	48 mi	49 min	SSW 2.9 G 5.1		59°F
42012 - Orange Beach AL Buoy	65 mi	31 min	WNW 16 G 19	56°F	61°F		1018.8 hPa	56°F

Wind History for Pensacola, FL

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Airport Reports

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Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Valparaiso / Eglin Air Force Base, FL	4 mi	65 min	NW 9	10.00 mi	Overcast	57°F	57°F	100%	1017.6 hPa
Destin, Destin-Ft. Walton Beach Airport, FL	7 mi	68 min	NW 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	60°F	57°F	90%	1017.1 hPa
Hurlburt Field, FL	13 mi	2.1 hrs	NNW 8	10.00 mi	Overcast	57°F	55°F	94%	1016.6 hPa
Crestview, Sikes Airport, FL	20 mi	68 min	NW 10	10.00 mi	Overcast	56°F	54°F	93%	1017.6 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KVPS

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Tide / Current Tables for East Pass (Destin), Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida

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Tide / Current Tables for Harris, The Narrows, Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida

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Wind Forecast for Mobile/Pensacola, FL (12,3,4,5)

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Ground Weather Radar Station Northwest Florida

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Gulf Stream Current

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