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Panama City, FL 32409 Weather
Current conditions
Observed at Panama City - Northwest Florida Beaches International… · 33 min ago
Forecast
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Tonight
Clear, with a low around 50. North northeast wind around 5 mph.
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Friday
Sunny. High near 79, with temperatures falling to around 76 in the afternoon. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
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Friday Night
Clear, with a low around 49. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.
Hourly
Hourly forecast- Now59°
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10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 22Clear50°
- FriOct 23Sunny49°79°
- SatOct 24Sunny54°76°
- SunOct 25Sunny54°76°
- MonOct 26Sunny50°77°
- TueOct 27Sunny51°77°
- WedOct 28Mostly Sunny52°77°
- ThuOct 29Sunny77°
- FriOct 30Cloudy0.02 in67°80°
- SatOct 31Light showers0.06 in66°81°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality
Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
Forecast
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Bay and Gulf Counties, FL reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
Sun & moon
Almanac
MonthlyTyndall Afb, records since 1949. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- Santa Rosa Beach 52 km
- Lynn Haven 8 km
- Callaway 21 km
- Upper Grand Lagoon 17 km
- Panama City Beach 19 km
- Springfield 19 km
- Parker 22 km
- Youngstown 25 km
- Laguna Beach 24 km
- Lower Grand Lagoon 19 km
- Chipley 54 km
- Cedar Grove 17 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in TAE, issued 3 hrs ago
Key Messages
Updated at 838 PM EDT Thu Oct 22 2026
- Windy conditions are expected this weekend, following passage of a dry back door front late Friday. Northeast wind gusts will peak in the 25-35 mph range, possibly higher, during the day on Sunday.
- Hazardous marine conditions are expected from Friday evening through Monday due to strong and near-gale northeast winds. The windiest conditions will be on Saturday night and Sunday morning, when frequent gusts around gale-force are expected.
Update
Issued at 838 PM EDT Thu Oct 22 2026
The forecast is on track.
Short Term
(This Evening through Friday) Issued at 322 PM EDT Thu Oct 22 2026
A dry and stable air mass will persist through Friday. Cloudless skies are observed and will continue. As in recent nights, temperatures tonight will again cool off well down into the 40s for most folks, except warmer near the coast.
Long Term
(Friday night through next Wednesday) Issued at 322 PM EDT Thu Oct 22 2026
The main concern in the Long Term will be windy conditions this weekend.
Through Monday, a high-amplitude 500 mb ridge axis will reside near the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valley, putting us in straight, dry northerly flow aloft downstream of the ridge. A high-amplitude downstream trough axis will move little just off the U.S. East Coast, with a notable lobe... almost a cutoff... near the Bahamas.
At the surface, a 1035 mb high will arrive over the U.S. Mid- Atlantic region on Friday night. The southern periphery will wedge and bridge southwestward down the Atlantic Coastal Plain, arriving over our region late Friday. Meanwhile, the pressure gradient along its southern periphery will tighten even further as an anomalously low-latitude non-tropical 1010 mb trough carves out from the Northwest Caribbean across Cuba and the Bahamas. That means there will be a 25 mb pressure gradient between Chesapeake Bay and the Bahamas, with the tightest portion of the gradient focused near our latitude.
Winds will initially pick up over our region late Friday and increase further on Saturday. On Saturday night, deterministic guidance such as the 12z NAM and GFS show an easterly low-level jet developing across North Florida and South Georgia, with 925 mb winds forecast in the 40-45 knot range. A few hours after sunrise Sunday when we thermally mix high enough, the strong flow aloft will mix to the surface in gusts. We currently have gusts of 25-35 mph in the official forecast, strongest over South GA and the FL Big Bend. However, consideration of the low-level jet means peak gusts around 40+ mph are in the realm of possibility. Gusts of 40+ mph would necessitate a Wind Advisory.
The surface high to the northeast will start to weaken on Sunday night, which will start to slowly loosen the pressure gradient on Monday and Tuesday, despite continuation of low pressure to the southeast.
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