Sitka - Harbor MtHWSA2
At a harbour/0.9 mi away/1,991 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sandy Beach, Alaska
Beach in Sitka City and Borough, AlaskaSmall Craft Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to Cape Suckling out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. UPDATED ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...S wind 20 kt becoming W 30 kt late. Seas 12 ft. Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms. .FRI...SW wind 25 kt becoming S 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 10 ft. Slight chance of thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 15 kt increasing to 20 kt late. Seas 9 ft. Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms. .SAT...S wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 11 ft. SW swell. Rain. .SUN...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...S wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. .TUE...S wind 30 kt. Seas 15 ft.
49°
52°/47°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 46°·Light breeze 7 mph S
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Sandy Beach until 5 PM today. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (52%).
Now. Sandy Beach is 49° and mostly cloudy at 1 PM. With the wind it feels like 46°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 12 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 52°, and the coolest Thursday, near 47°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%), Sunday (98%), Monday (82%), Tuesday (100%), Wednesday (99%) and Thursday (93%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 8:39 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 10 hours 20 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
-Air quality
86%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
49feels46
23%
Today
Oct 16
5247
100%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5043
100%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
4842
98%
Mon
Oct 19
4938
82%
Tue
Oct 20
5242
100%
24mph
Wed
Oct 21
4943
99%
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
4739
93%
49°
52°47°
50°43°
48°42°
49°38°
52°42°
49°43°
47°39°
As of 1:00 PM in Sandy Beach, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- Borough
- Sitka City and Borough
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 57.0762° N
- Longitude
- 135.3741° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Sandy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sitka/Japonski Arpt (ASOS)PASI
At an airfield/2.1 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sitka 1 NE25379
At a climate reference station/2.7 mi away/78 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily1 instrument
At an airfield/2.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Sandy Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sitkacity, 23 mi
- Angooncity, 42 mi
- Tenakee Springscity, 49 mi
- Kakecity, 54 mi
- Port Alexandercity, 64 mi
- Game Creekcommunity, 68 mi
- Pelicancity, 69 mi
- Whitestone Logging Campcommunity, 69 mi
- Hoonahcity, 71 mi
- Elfin Covecommunity, 78 mi
- Hobart Baycommunity, 81 mi
- Point Bakercommunity, 83 mi
Beaches near Sandy Beach
- Sage Beach3 mi
- G̱íl' Seiyí61 mi
- Parking Lot Beach63 mi
- Kornoelje's Beach64 mi
- Range Light Beach64 mi
- Ken's Beach64 mi
- Maylynn's Beach64 mi
- Big Beach64 mi