Date: May 17, 2013

Road closures:

Valley Road in Crestview will be CLOSED between E. First Avenue and Kyle Lane on Monday May 20th – Thursday May 23rd while road crews make drainage repairs. This will be a daytime only closure from 8am –4pm each day. The detour around the closure will be E. First Avenue to Brackin Street to Stillwell Blvd.

Hazardous weather outlook:

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

Tropical forecast:

The tropical forecast will resume 1 June 2013

General weather outlook:

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. South winds 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 1am, otherwise partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South winds 5 to 10 mph and becoming light after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Expect light and variable winds that will become south 10 to 15 mph in the morning.

Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph and becoming light after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Light southwest winds that will become south 10 to 15 mph in the morning.

Marine forecast:

Today: South winds 11 to 14 knots, seas 2 to 3 feet.

Tonight: South winds 10 to 13 knots, seas 2 to 3 feet.

Saturday: South winds 10 to 13 knots, seas 1 to 2 feet.

Saturday night: Southwest winds 8 to 11 knots, seas 1 to 2 feet.

Sunday: South winds 10 to 13 knots, seas 1 to 2 feet.

Surf forecast:

Rip Current Hazard: Moderate

A moderate risk of rip currents means wind, wave, and/or tidal conditions support stronger or more frequent rip currents. Only experienced swimmers should enter the surf. Remember, rip currents can be more intense near inlets, jetties, and piers. If caught in a rip current, swim parallel to the beach and you will eventually swim out of the dangerous outgoing current. Heed the advice of the local beach patrol and local flag warning system.

Outlook for Tomorrow: Moderate

Surf Temperature: 72 degrees

Tides:

Dauphin Island
High 208 am / low 145 am Saturday
Tidal range 0.8 feet

Pensacola Bay entrance
High 127 pm / low 116 am Saturday
Tidal range 0.8 feet

Destin (east pass)
High 217 pm / low 116 am Saturday
Tidal range 0.4 feet

For additional tide data please go to http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/MOB/TIDMOB

Fire weather:

Keetch Byram drought index (KBDI): 200 – 299
Index for previous day: 312

Humidity: 49% inland & 63% coastal
Mixing height: 5500 inland & 4600 coastal
Transport winds: S at 12 inland & S at 13 coastal
Dispersion index: 59 inland & 57 coastal

River levels:

(R = rising, S = steady, F = falling)

Yellow/Milligan: 1.51 ft (F)

Blackwater/Baker: 1.54 ft (S)

Shoal/SR 85, Crestview: 3.45 ft (F)

Shoal/Mossy Head: 6.59 ft (F)

Sun / Moon data:

Sunset: 1935
End civil twilight: 2001
Moon phase: 1st quarter
Moonrise: 1211 today
Moonset: 0113 tomorrow
Begin civil twilight: 0523
Sunrise: 0550

Randy McDaniel, Okaloosa County Emergency Management