Ketchikan INTL Arpt (ASOS)PAKT
At an airfield/7.9 mi away/95 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Point Higgins Beach, Alaska
Beach in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AlaskaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Southeast Alaska Inside Waters from Dixon Entrance to Skagway Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. UPDATED ...GALE WARNING THROUGH FRIDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...S wind 40 kt. Gusts to 55 kt Seas 15 ft. Rain. .FRI...SW wind 20 kt becoming S 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 9 ft. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...SW wind 10 kt becoming S 15 kt late. Seas 3 ft. Rain and slight chance of thunderstorms. .SAT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .SUN...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 12 ft.
54°
56°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Fresh breeze 20 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for South Point Higgins Beach until 5 PM tomorrow. 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 tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 100% around 12 AM.
Now. South Point Higgins Beach is 54° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the south-southeast at 20 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 54°, and the coolest Sunday, near 48°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%), Saturday (100%), Sunday (99%), Monday (50%), Tuesday (93%) and Wednesday (98%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 32 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
92%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
54feels54
97%
20mph
Today
Oct 15
5648
100%
22mph
Fri
Oct 16
5450
100%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5144
100%
Sun
Oct 18
4843
99%
Mon
Oct 19
5041
50%
Tue
Oct 20
5141
93%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
5144
98%
15mph
54°
56°48°
54°50°
51°44°
48°43°
50°41°
51°41°
51°44°
As of 10:00 PM in South Point Higgins Beach, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 285°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- Borough
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 55.4484° N
- Longitude
- 131.8304° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest South Point Higgins Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW5586GW5586
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/210 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Metlakatla 6 S25381
At a climate reference station/29.9 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Hollis HwyHOHA2
Beside a road/39.6 mi away/316 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Ketchikan 13NKTAA2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/327 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Ketchikan 3.3 WNWAK-KG-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Ketchikan 13N (KTAA2), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near South Point Higgins Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ketchikancity, 10 mi
- Saxmancity, 13 mi
- Loringcommunity, 13 mi
- Kasaancity, 24 mi
- Metlakatlacommunity, 25 mi
- Thorne Baycity, 31 mi
- Holliscommunity, 33 mi
- Hydaburgcity, 42 mi
- Klawockcity, 50 mi
- Craigcity, 51 mi
- Coffman Covecity, 55 mi
- Naukati Baycommunity, 61 mi
Beaches near South Point Higgins Beach
- Coast Guard Beachunder 1 mi
- Refuge cove4 mi
- Refuge beach6 mi
- Black Sand Beach14 mi
- Rotary Beach14 mi
- Sandy Beach103 mi
- Big Beach122 mi
- Maylynn's Beach123 mi