High RIP Current Risk Warning for Fort Myers Beach, other Florida areas, issued

Fort Myers Beach, Fla. –

The National Weather Service has a high risk of RIP currents in Fort Myers Beach and in other areas of Florida.

Fort Myers Beach Fire District calls on the residents to take precautions to take the water as a precaution.

RIP flows are strong water currents that move away from the shore. You can even sweep away the strongest swimmer from the shore.

RIP flows are caused by weather conditions, especially the wind. Rip Tides, on the other hand, have no direct connection to the weather. Instead, they are driven by outgoing tides that are improved by the contours of the coast.

When the RIP Current risk of our community is high, we usually have a weather pattern that creates the strong onshore winch that push the air and water from the Gulf of Mexico in the direction of our beaches.

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In this case, water is pushed up and along our coast through the breeze. If it is withdrawn to the Golf when the waves break, weaknesses of water that are able to find paths with easier resistance, as in a break along an underwater sand, absorb the speed and form a quickly moving water channel that “tears down”, which is always caught in this channel to the sea.

Further information and safety tips on RIP flows can be found on the official website of the National Weather Service.

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