Weather

West Bradenton FL

02/05/2026 05:00 AM

56°F

TEMPERATURE

Winds 9 mph SSW

Rain Showers

Rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Alerts

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Rip Current Statement

Moderate

Rip Current Statement issued February 4 at 8:20AM EST until February 6 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
Category	Certainty	Severity
Met	Likely	Moderate
Status	Urgency	Category
Actual	Expected	Met
Effective	Ends	Expires
02/04/2026 08:20 AM	02/06/2026 07:00 PM	02/06/2026 07:00 PM
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

Moonrise

10:08 PM

Moonset

09:26 AM

Sunrise

07:14 AM

Moon Phase

Waning gibbous

Sunset

06:14 PM

Hourly Forecast

Thu, 05:00 AM

Rain Showers
Winds: 9 mph SSW

56°

Thu, 06:00 AM

Rain Showers
Winds: 9 mph WNW

58°

Thu, 07:00 AM

Rain Showers Likely
Winds: 9 mph WNW

59°

Thu, 08:00 AM

Rain Showers Likely
Winds: 13 mph NW

58°

Thu, 09:00 AM

Chance Rain Showers
Winds: 14 mph NW

57°

Thu, 10:00 AM

Slight Chance Rain Showers
Winds: 17 mph NW

57°

Thu, 11:00 AM

Mostly Cloudy
Winds: 18 mph NW

58°

Thu, 12:00 PM

Partly Sunny
Winds: 18 mph NW

56°

Thu, 01:00 PM

Mostly Sunny
Winds: 18 mph NW

55°

Thu, 02:00 PM

Mostly Sunny
Winds: 20 mph NW

55°

Thu, 03:00 PM

Sunny
Winds: 21 mph NW

54°

Thu, 04:00 PM

Sunny
Winds: 22 mph NW

54°

Thu, 05:00 PM

Sunny
Winds: 22 mph NW

53°

Thu, 06:00 PM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 21 mph NW

52°

Thu, 07:00 PM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 20 mph NW

52°

Thu, 08:00 PM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 20 mph NW

52°

Thu, 09:00 PM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 18 mph NW

52°

Thu, 10:00 PM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 18 mph NW

52°

Thu, 11:00 PM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 17 mph NW

52°

Fri, 12:00 AM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 16 mph NNW

52°

Fri, 01:00 AM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 14 mph NNW

51°

Fri, 02:00 AM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 14 mph NNW

50°

Fri, 03:00 AM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 13 mph NNW

49°

Fri, 04:00 AM

Mostly Clear
Winds: 12 mph NNW

49°

Overnight

Rain Showers

54°

Winds: 9 mph SSW

Rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday

Rain Showers then Partly Sunny

60°

Winds: 9 to 22 mph WNW

Rain showers before 11am. Partly sunny. High near 60, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. West northwest wind 9 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night

Mostly Clear

47°

Winds: 12 to 21 mph NNW

Mostly clear, with a low around 47. North northwest wind 12 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Friday

Sunny

61°

Winds: 9 to 14 mph NW

Sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly Clear

55°

Winds: 9 to 14 mph WNW

Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday

Sunny

65°

Winds: 14 mph NNW

Sunny, with a high near 65. North northwest wind around 14 mph.

Saturday Night

Clear

48°

Winds: 9 to 13 mph N

Clear, with a low around 48. North wind 9 to 13 mph.

Sunday

Sunny

67°

Winds: 6 to 9 mph NE

Sunny, with a high near 67. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday Night

Clear

51°

Winds: 5 to 8 mph NNE

Clear, with a low around 51. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Monday

Sunny

67°

Winds: 5 to 8 mph S

Sunny, with a high near 67.

Monday Night

Mostly Clear

53°

Winds: 6 mph N

Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

Tuesday

Mostly Sunny

70°

Winds: 7 mph S

Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Tuesday Night

Mostly Cloudy

56°

Winds: 6 mph SW

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday

Sunny

71°

Winds: 6 to 9 mph S

Sunny, with a high near 71.

Port Manatee, FL

Tide Information

1.487 Ft

St. Petersburg, FL

Tide Information

1.617 Ft

Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida

National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL

Gulf coastal waters from Bonita Beach to the mouth of the Suwannee River out to 60 NM. Important notice to mariners.marine forecasts are issued at least four times a day. Boaters on extended trips should routinely monitor subsequent forecast issuances and updates for the latest marine weather information. The wave heights are forecast as significant wave height which is the average of the highest one-third of the waves. The highest waves may rarely be twice the significant wave height. The winds and seas near thunderstorms may be higher than forecast. A cold front moving through the eastern gulf waters today will produce scattered showers and increasing winds and seas. Hazardous marine conditions expected starting this morning and has prompted the issuance of a Small Craft Advisory for all the eastern gulf waters including Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor for winds around 20- 25 knots with gusts near 30 knots and seas 5-9 feet. Conditions slowly improve on Saturday to around 10-15 knots and seas 2-4 feet. Pleasant marine conditions continue into the weekend and the first half of next week with winds around 10 knots and seas 2 feet or less expected. &&