Heat Advisory — Sumter, FL, Pinellas, FL, Polk, FL, Hardee, FL, Highlands, FL, DeSoto, 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

Highlands County, Florida, United States

Last updated: 6:13 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 30°
Mostly Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
3 mph SE
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
30.05 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
1.6
Cloud Cover
19%
Sunrise
6:54 AM
Sunset
8:06 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Highlands County is currently mostly clear at 25°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 57% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2498 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:54AM · Sunset: 8:06PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Sumter, FL, Pinellas, FL, Polk, FL, Hardee, FL, Highlands, FL, DeSoto, 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
30 AQI · Good Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
26°
15%
8 AM
25°
31%
9 AM
27°
31%
10 AM
30°
24%
11 AM
31°
24%
12 PM
32°
24%
1 PM
33°
21%
2 PM
35°
32%
3 PM
35°
36%
4 PM
35°
37%
5 PM
34°
45%
6 PM
33°
56%
7 PM
32°
56%
8 PM
29°
49%
9 PM
29°
36%
10 PM
27°
34%
11 PM
26°
27%
12 AM
26°
27%
1 AM
26°
28%
2 AM
25°
14%
3 AM
25°
21%
4 AM
25°
21%
5 AM
24°
12%
6 AM
24°
12%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 56% chance of rain.
Wed
37° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 28% chance of rain.
Thu
36° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 35% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 39% chance of rain.
Sat
34° 25°
Rain, 59% chance.
Sun
35° 24°
Drizzle, 49% chance.
Mon
34° 24°
Rain, 63% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 26° Mostly Clear 15% 3 mph SE 90%
8 AM 25° Mostly Clear 31% 2 mph SE 88%
9 AM 27° Mostly Clear 31% 3 mph SSE 81%
10 AM 30° Clear 24% 3 mph SSE 73%
11 AM 31° Clear 24% 3 mph SE 66%
12 PM 32° Mostly Clear 24% 2 mph SE 63%
1 PM 33° Mostly Clear 21% 2 mph E 59%
2 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 32% 2 mph ENE 56%
3 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 36% 3 mph N 55%
4 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 37% 3 mph W 55%
5 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 45% 3 mph WNW 55%
6 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 56% 3 mph WNW 61%
7 PM 32° Overcast 56% 3 mph ENE 68%
8 PM 29° Overcast 49% 4 mph ENE 74%
9 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 36% 3 mph SSE 76%
10 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 34% 3 mph S 78%
11 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph SSW 80%
12 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph SSW 82%
1 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 28% 3 mph S 84%
2 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 14% 3 mph S 85%
3 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 21% 3 mph S 86%
4 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 21% 3 mph SSW 87%
5 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 3 mph SSW 88%
6 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 12% 3 mph SW 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Partly Cloudy
56%
24°
36°
Wed
8/12
Mostly Clear
28%
24°
37°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Clear
35%
24°
36°
Fri
8/14
Mostly Clear
39%
24°
34°
Sat
8/15
Rain
59%
25°
34°
Sun
8/16
Drizzle
49%
24°
35°
Mon
8/17
Rain
63%
24°
34°
Tue
8/18
Rain
66%
24°
35°
Wed
8/19
Rain
72%
23°
35°
Thu
8/20
Rain
68%
23°
33°
Fri
8/21
Rain
72%
23°
34°
Sat
8/22
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
Sun
8/23
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
Mon
8/24
Rain
90%
24°
34°
Tue
8/25
Drizzle
60%
24°
34°
30
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
30 AQI 5.4 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
22 AQI 25 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 30 Good 22 30
Wed 23 Good 23 21
Thu 36 Good 31 36
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 11, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1619 J/kg
MLCAPE753 J/kg
MUCAPE2071 J/kg
SBCIN-126 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear4 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear4 kt
0–1 km SRH2
0–3 km SRH-7
Eff. SRH-7
Storm Motion153° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index25.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.70 in
0–3 km LR4.6 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals47.0
LCL997 hPa
LFC814 hPa
EL171 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,201 ft