1961 - Hurricane Esther was seeded by Navy planes in the inaugural experiment of what was to formally become Project STORMFURY next year. Esther was the first hurricane to be initially detected by satellite. On Sept. 10th, TIROS III imaged an area of disturbed weather a hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands.
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Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East northeast wind around 13 mph.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 10 mph. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Northeast wind 12 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. East northeast wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. East northeast wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. East northeast wind around 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. East northeast wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Northeast wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Northeast wind 12 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.
Indian Rocks Beach (inside)
(0.1 miles away)
Madeira Beach Causeway
(5.8 miles away)
Clearwater
(6.1 miles away)
Mon's High Temperature
110 at Death Valley, CA
Mon's Low Temperature
24 at 14 Miles West-southwest Of Mackay, ID
Indian Rocks Beach, or IRB, is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. Indian Rocks Beach is part of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area. Located on the barrier island Sand Key, it has over two miles of beach along the Gulf of Mexico, with 26 public beach accesses. Tourism is its primary industry. It was incorporated in 1956. The population was 3,673 at the 2020 census.
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