Heat Advisory — Sumter, FL, Pinellas, FL, Polk, FL, Hardee, FL, Highlands, FL, DeSoto, FL, Coastal Levy, FL, Coastal Citrus, FL, Coastal Hernando, FL, Coastal Pasco, FL, Coastal Hillsborough, FL, Coastal Manatee, FL, Coastal Sarasota, FL, Coastal Charlotte, FL, Coastal Lee, FL, Inland Levy, FL, Inland Citrus, FL, Inland Hernando, FL, Inland Pasco, FL, Inland Hillsborough, FL, Inland Manatee, FL, Inland Sarasota, FL, Inland Charlotte, FL, Inland Lee, FL 6:00 PM

Hardee County, Florida, United States

Last updated: 11:26 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
91°F
Feels like 102°
Mostly Clear
▲ 96°  /  ▼ 74°
Wind
10 mph W
Humidity
60%
Dew Point
77°
Pressure
29.98 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
9.5
Cloud Cover
15%
Sunrise
6:59 AM
Sunset
8:02 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Hardee County is currently mostly clear at 91°F. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 52% around 12 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 3317 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:59AM · Sunset: 8:02PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Sumter, FL, Pinellas, FL, Polk, FL, Hardee, FL, Highlands, FL, DeSoto, FL, Coastal Levy, FL, Coastal Citrus, FL, Coastal Hernando, FL, Coastal Pasco, FL, Coastal Hillsborough, FL, Coastal Manatee, FL, Coastal Sarasota, FL, Coastal Charlotte, FL, Coastal Lee, FL, Inland Levy, FL, Inland Citrus, FL, Inland Hernando, FL, Inland Pasco, FL, Inland Hillsborough, FL, Inland Manatee, FL, Inland Sarasota, FL, Inland Charlotte, FL, Inland Lee, FL
Expires 6:00 PM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
91°
3%
1 PM
93°
14%
2 PM
95°
3%
3 PM
95°
3%
4 PM
94°
3%
5 PM
93°
3%
6 PM
93°
3%
7 PM
90°
3%
8 PM
88°
3%
9 PM
87°
5%
10 PM
82°
5%
11 PM
81°
5%
12 AM
80°
8%
1 AM
80°
8%
2 AM
78°
14%
3 AM
78°
23%
4 AM
77°
23%
5 AM
77°
24%
6 AM
76°
24%
7 AM
77°
25%
8 AM
78°
28%
9 AM
80°
37%
10 AM
86°
43%
11 AM
87°
46%
7-Day Forecast
Today
96° 74°
Mostly Clear.
Wed
96° 76°
Partly Cloudy with a 52% chance of rain.
Thu
96° 76°
Partly Cloudy with a 61% chance of rain.
Fri
92° 76°
Partly Cloudy with a 66% chance of rain.
Sat
92° 75°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Sun
93° 74°
Drizzle, 51% chance.
Mon
92° 73°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 91° Mostly Clear 3% 10 mph W 60%
1 PM 93° Mostly Clear 14% 12 mph W 57%
2 PM 95° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph W 56%
3 PM 95° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph W 55%
4 PM 94° Mostly Clear 3% 12 mph W 56%
5 PM 93° Mostly Clear 3% 11 mph W 59%
6 PM 93° Clear 3% 10 mph W 64%
7 PM 90° Clear 3% 8 mph W 70%
8 PM 88° Clear 3% 7 mph W 76%
9 PM 87° Clear 5% 6 mph W 79%
10 PM 82° Clear 5% 6 mph W 83%
11 PM 81° Clear 5% 5 mph W 85%
12 AM 80° Clear 8% 5 mph W 87%
1 AM 80° Mostly Clear 8% 5 mph WSW 89%
2 AM 78° Mostly Clear 14% 5 mph WSW 90%
3 AM 78° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph WSW 89%
4 AM 77° Mostly Clear 23% 5 mph W 88%
5 AM 77° Mostly Clear 24% 5 mph W 87%
6 AM 76° Mostly Clear 24% 5 mph W 88%
7 AM 77° Partly Cloudy 25% 5 mph W 88%
8 AM 78° Partly Cloudy 28% 5 mph W 86%
9 AM 80° Partly Cloudy 37% 6 mph W 81%
10 AM 86° Partly Cloudy 43% 6 mph WNW 75%
11 AM 87° Partly Cloudy 46% 7 mph WNW 71%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/18
Mostly Clear
5%
74°
96°
Wed
8/19
Partly Cloudy
52%
76°
96°
Thu
8/20
Partly Cloudy
61%
76°
96°
Fri
8/21
Partly Cloudy
66%
76°
92°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
51%
75°
92°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
51%
74°
93°
Mon
8/24
Rain
63%
73°
92°
Tue
8/25
Rain
69%
72°
93°
Wed
8/26
Rain
68%
72°
92°
Thu
8/27
Rain
64%
76°
92°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
64%
74°
92°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
60%
76°
91°
Sun
8/30
Drizzle
60%
76°
91°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
60%
76°
90°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
60%
76°
91°
40
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
40 AQI 7.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
26 AQI 29 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 40 Good 26 40
Thu 47 Good 41 47
Fri 52 Moderate 40 52
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Tue Aug 18, 15:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3914 J/kg
MLCAPE2380 J/kg
MUCAPE3914 J/kg
SBCIN-1 J/kg
MLCIN-53 J/kg
Lifted Index-8.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear12 kt
0–1 km Shear5 kt
Eff. Shear14 kt
0–1 km SRH-16
0–3 km SRH-53
Eff. SRH-53
Storm Motion224° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.4
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index5.5
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.43 in
0–3 km LR7.2 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals38.3
LCL906 hPa
LFC825 hPa
EL139 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,988 ft