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: 7:05 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
26°C
Feels like 31°
Mostly Clear
▲ 36°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
2 mph SE
Humidity
90%
Dew Point
24°
Pressure
30.05 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
4.0
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 26°C. Precipitation is likely — peak probability 56% around 7 PM. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2513 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%
9 AM
27°
31%
10 AM
29°
24%
11 AM
31°
24%
12 PM
32°
24%
1 PM
33°
21%
2 PM
35°
31%
3 PM
35°
36%
4 PM
35°
36%
5 PM
34°
44%
6 PM
33°
51%
7 PM
32°
56%
8 PM
29°
48%
9 PM
29°
36%
10 PM
27°
33%
11 PM
26°
34%
12 AM
26°
27%
1 AM
26°
27%
2 AM
26°
14%
3 AM
25°
17%
4 AM
25°
21%
5 AM
24°
12%
6 AM
24°
12%
7 AM
24°
13%
7-Day Forecast
Today
36° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 48% chance of rain.
Wed
37° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 25% chance of rain.
Thu
36° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
Fri
34° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 44% 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% 2 mph SE 90%
9 AM 27° Mostly Clear 31% 3 mph SSE 82%
10 AM 29° Clear 24% 3 mph SSE 74%
11 AM 31° Clear 24% 3 mph SSE 67%
12 PM 32° Mostly Clear 24% 2 mph SE 63%
1 PM 33° Mostly Clear 21% 2 mph ESE 60%
2 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 31% 2 mph ENE 56%
3 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 36% 3 mph N 55%
4 PM 35° Partly Cloudy 36% 3 mph W 55%
5 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 44% 4 mph WNW 55%
6 PM 33° Mostly Cloudy 51% 3 mph WNW 60%
7 PM 32° Overcast 56% 3 mph ENE 67%
8 PM 29° Overcast 48% 5 mph ENE 74%
9 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 36% 3 mph SE 76%
10 PM 27° Mostly Cloudy 33% 3 mph S 78%
11 PM 26° Mostly Cloudy 34% 3 mph SSW 80%
12 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph SSW 82%
1 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 27% 3 mph S 84%
2 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 14% 3 mph S 85%
3 AM 25° Partly Cloudy 17% 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 SSW 88%
7 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 13% 2 mph WSW 88%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/11
Partly Cloudy
48%
24°
36°
Wed
8/12
Mostly Clear
25%
24°
37°
Thu
8/13
Mostly Clear
31%
24°
36°
Fri
8/14
Partly Cloudy
44%
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
Thunderstorm
72%
23°
35°
Thu
8/20
Rain
68%
23°
32°
Fri
8/21
Drizzle
60%
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, 10:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE1872 J/kg
MLCAPE580 J/kg
MUCAPE1872 J/kg
SBCIN-104 J/kg
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index-4.8
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear5 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear5 kt
0–1 km SRH4
0–3 km SRH-12
Eff. SRH-12
Storm Motion162° @ 16 kt
0–1 km EHI0.1
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index24.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.65 in
0–3 km LR4.8 °C/km
700–500 LR6.2 °C/km
Total Totals46.7
LCL993 hPa
LFC837 hPa
EL166 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,168 ft