Rip Current Statement — Pinellas, FL, Coastal Hillsborough, FL, Coastal Manatee, FL, Coastal Sarasota, FL, Coastal Charlotte, FL, Coastal Lee, FL 7:00 PM

Pinellas County, Florida, United States

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31°C
Feels like 36°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 32°  /  ▼ 26°
Wind
17 mph S
Humidity
71%
Dew Point
25°
Pressure
29.97 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.9
Cloud Cover
79%
Sunrise
6:47 AM
Sunset
8:26 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Pinellas County is currently mostly cloudy at 30°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2695 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:47AM · Sunset: 8:26PM.

Alerts

Rip Current Statement
Pinellas, FL, Coastal Hillsborough, FL, Coastal Manatee, FL, Coastal Sarasota, FL, Coastal Charlotte, FL, Coastal Lee, FL
Expires 7:00 PM
40 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
31°
45%
12 PM
31°
16%
1 PM
32°
16%
2 PM
32°
16%
3 PM
32°
16%
4 PM
31°
14%
5 PM
31°
22%
6 PM
31°
15%
7 PM
29°
11%
8 PM
29°
11%
9 PM
28°
16%
10 PM
28°
16%
11 PM
28°
8%
12 AM
28°
8%
1 AM
27°
8%
2 AM
27°
8%
3 AM
27°
8%
4 AM
27°
8%
5 AM
27°
9%
6 AM
26°
3%
7 AM
26°
3%
8 AM
27°
3%
9 AM
28°
9%
10 AM
29°
9%
7-Day Forecast
Today
32° 26°
Partly Cloudy with a 45% chance of rain.
Wed
32° 26°
Mostly Clear with a 44% chance of rain.
Thu
32° 26°
Clear with a 51% chance of rain.
Fri
32° 26°
Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
Sat
32° 27°
Rain, 21% chance.
Sun
31° 27°
Drizzle, 74% chance.
Mon
31° 27°
Drizzle, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 31° Mostly Cloudy 45% 17 mph S 71%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 16% 19 mph S 66%
1 PM 32° Mostly Clear 16% 19 mph S 65%
2 PM 32° Mostly Clear 16% 18 mph S 65%
3 PM 32° Mostly Clear 16% 18 mph S 66%
4 PM 31° Mostly Clear 14% 17 mph S 67%
5 PM 31° Mostly Clear 22% 16 mph S 70%
6 PM 31° Mostly Clear 15% 15 mph S 73%
7 PM 29° Mostly Clear 11% 13 mph S 75%
8 PM 29° Mostly Clear 11% 11 mph S 76%
9 PM 28° Mostly Clear 16% 10 mph S 78%
10 PM 28° Mostly Clear 16% 10 mph S 79%
11 PM 28° Mostly Clear 8% 9 mph S 80%
12 AM 28° Mostly Clear 8% 9 mph S 80%
1 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 8% 8 mph S 81%
2 AM 27° Mostly Clear 8% 9 mph SSE 82%
3 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 8% 10 mph SSE 82%
4 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 8% 10 mph SSE 83%
5 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 9% 10 mph SSE 82%
6 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph SSE 81%
7 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph SSE 80%
8 AM 27° Partly Cloudy 3% 10 mph SSE 78%
9 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 9% 10 mph SSE 75%
10 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 9% 10 mph SSE 72%
15-Day Forecast
Today
7/21
Partly Cloudy
45%
26°
32°
Wed
7/22
Mostly Clear
44%
26°
32°
Thu
7/23
Clear
51%
26°
32°
Fri
7/24
Mostly Clear
28%
26°
32°
Sat
7/25
Rain
21%
27°
32°
Sun
7/26
Drizzle
74%
27°
31°
Mon
7/27
Drizzle
63%
27°
31°
Tue
7/28
Drizzle
63%
27°
31°
Wed
7/29
Rain
68%
27°
31°
Thu
7/30
Rain
68%
27°
31°
Fri
7/31
Drizzle
60%
27°
30°
Sat
8/1
Drizzle
60%
28°
31°
Sun
8/2
Drizzle
60%
28°
31°
Mon
8/3
Drizzle
60%
28°
31°
Tue
8/4
Drizzle
60%
28°
31°
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 7.3 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
31 AQI 35 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 40 Good 31 40
Thu 29 Good 26 29
Fri 39 Good 39 19
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 Jul 21, 14:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE3101 J/kg
MLCAPE2204 J/kg
MUCAPE3101 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-6.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear15 kt
0–1 km Shear14 kt
Eff. Shear2 kt
0–1 km SRH-25
0–3 km SRH-38
Eff. SRH-38
Storm Motion164° @ 36 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.5
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index30.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.96 in
0–3 km LR6.8 °C/km
700–500 LR5.3 °C/km
Total Totals43.2
LCL940 hPa
LFC1015 hPa
EL143 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,821 ft