Dauphin IslandNDBC-DILA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bienville Beach, Alabama
Beach in Mobile County, Alabama* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi. * WHEN...From 10 PM Friday to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong and gusty winds will be capable of downing numerous additional compromised trees which would result in renewed power outages in vulnerable areas impacted by the extreme winds during Hurricane Isaias. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors along with potentially blocking previously cleared roadways. Additional road closures will be possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Many trees are leaning over power lines, homes, and roads in the impacted area. Frequent wind gusts forecast between 35 and 40 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Use extreme caution if you must travel or be outdoors Friday night through Saturday. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
73°
83°/69°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 73°·Calm 1 mph SE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Bienville Beach until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 71° after 83° today.
Now. Bienville Beach is 73° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:40 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 27 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
98%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
73feels73
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8369
22%
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7156
16%
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7154
14mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7454
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
7657
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7857
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7858
overcast
73°
83°69°
71°56°
71°54°
74°54°
76°57°
78°57°
78°58°
As of 2:00 AM in Bienville Beach, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Bienville Beach
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Mobile (AL), 37 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
- Ozone5Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 15
- 48TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bienville Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Bienville Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 199°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal, and the waves at buoy 42012, 36.8 mi away.
Rest of tonight
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- Around 1 foot
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
Waves at buoy 42012, Orange Beach
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SSE (162°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 6 s from S
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 3 s from SSE
- Water
- 80 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 36.8 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1:20 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SSE (162°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (184°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | S (185°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | S (171°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | SSW (193°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (164°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | - | S (185°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (180°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (187°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (169°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (171°) |
Surf zone forecast
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal, including Dauphin Island, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach. Issued 12:56 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of tonight | Friday | Friday night | Saturday | Saturday night |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | Around 1 foot | Around 1 foot | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - | - | - | - |
| UV index | - | High | - | - | - |
| Weather | Partly cloudy until 3 AM, then mostly cloudy | Partly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms | Partly cloudy until 9 PM, then mostly cloudy until 2 AM, then partly cloudy | Sunny | Mostly clear |
| High temperature | - | In the lower 80s | - | In the lower 70s | - |
| Low temperature | In the lower 70s | - | In the upper 50s | - | In the upper 50s |
| Winds | Southeast winds around 5 mph | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon | Windy. Northwest winds around 20 mph, increasing to north around 30 mph after midnight | Windy. North winds around 30 mph, diminishing to around 20 mph in the afternoon | Northeast winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Dauphin IslandHigh 1.7 ft, 1:37 AM | Dauphin IslandLow 0.2 ft, 2:05 PM | Dauphin IslandHigh 1.7 ft, 2:31 AM | Dauphin IslandLow 0.2 ft, 3:04 PM | Dauphin IslandHigh 1.6 ft, 3:27 AM |
- Sunday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Sunday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Monday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Beach
- County
- Mobile County
- State
- Alabama
- Latitude
- 30.2472° N
- Longitude
- 88.1236° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Bienville Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
FairhopeCQF
At an airfield/20.8 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.6 mi away/95 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fairhope 3 NE63869
At a climate reference station/25.3 mi away/95 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Koptis FarmsS2180
At a soil climate station/31.8 mi away/135 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Dauphin IslandDAUA1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Dauphin Island 5.7 EAL-MB-64
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Bienville Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dauphin Islandtown, 1 mi
- Bayou La Batrecity, 13 mi
- Mobile Bayfeature, 16 mi
- Belle Fontainecommunity, 17 mi
- Grand Baycommunity, 20 mi
- Theodorecommunity, 21 mi
- Point Clearcommunity, 21 mi
- Magnolia Springstown, 23 mi
- Fairhopecity, 24 mi
- Tillmans Cornercommunity, 24 mi
- Bon Secourcommunity, 25 mi
- Gulf Shorestown, 26 mi
Beaches near Bienville Beach
- Dauphin Beachunder 1 mi
- East End Beach3 mi
- Magnolia Beach22 mi
- South Beach Park23 mi
- Gulf Shores Public Beach26 mi
- West Jetty34 mi
- East Jetty34 mi
- Alabama Point Beach34 mi