Old Res Weather

Lexington, Massachusetts, USA

56°F
4/26/2024 11:32am 
  • Lexington Conditions: Clear
  • Temperature: 56.3°F / 13.5°CWarmer 2.2°F than last hour.
  • Dew Point: 23.5°FDecreased 2.2°Fsince last hour.
  • Relative Humidity: 28%Decreased 5.0% since last hour.
  • Wind: Calm, 10-min avg: Calm, gust: None
  • Barometer: 30.50 inFalling 0.02 inHg/hr Falling Slowly
  • Visibility: 10 miles
  • Rain Today: 0.00 in
  • UV Index: $VPuv  Medium 
  •   

Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

for Okaloosa Coastal, FL

Issued by the National Weather Service

    RIP CURRENT STATEMENT  

Okaloosa Coastal, FL

Rip Current Statement issued April 26 at 4:25AM CDT until April 30 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Mobile AL

HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT

Areas Affected: Mobile Coastal; Baldwin Coastal; Escambia Coastal; Santa Rosa Coastal; Okaloosa Coastal

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Moderate

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Friday 4:25am CDT

Alert Effective: Friday 4:25am CDT

Alert Expires: Friday 12:30pm CDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Saturday 7:00am CDT

Event Ends: Tuesday 4:00am CDT

Issued by: NWS Mobile AL

Details: 
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...In Alabama, Mobile Coastal and Baldwin Coastal
Counties. In Florida, Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and
Okaloosa Coastal Counties.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Monday night.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Surf will also build along the Alabama and
western Florida panhandle beaches through the weekend. Surf
breakers may build as high as 4 to 7 feet late Saturday night
through Sunday night before gradually subsiding into Monday. A
High Surf Advisory may be issued within the next 12 to 24 hours
if confidence in these trends continues to increase.

Information: 
Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

Meta data: 
ID: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9f60f0ca54f00e7310ee32ae2fdc10a07f1eb0d.001.1
Codes: ALZ265, ALZ266, FLZ202, FLZ204, FLZ206
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9f60f0ca54f00e7310ee32ae2fdc10a07f1eb0d.001.1