Citizen station FW3872FW3872
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
East Jetty, Alabama
Beach in Baldwin County, Alabama* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 6 to 9 ft possible. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL out 20 NM, Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from 20 to 60 NM. * WHEN...From Friday evening through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
73°
84°/68°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 73°·Calm 0 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for East Jetty until 1 PM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. East Jetty is 73° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 72°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 28 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
99%Humidity
53%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
73feels73
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8468
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
8268
21%
17mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7255
15%
20mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
7253
16mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7554
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
7756
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7757
overcast
73°
84°68°
82°68°
72°55°
72°53°
75°54°
77°56°
77°57°
As of 11:00 PM in East Jetty, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at East Jetty
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 38 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)38Good23.9 mi
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at East Jetty
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. 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 East Jetty, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 162°
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, 14.4 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less
- Water temperature
- Around 80
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 42012, Orange Beach
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- S (169°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 5 s from S
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from SE
- Water
- 80 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:20 PM
- Distance
- 14.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:20 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | S (169°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (179°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (184°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
Surf zone forecast
Mobile Coastal-Baldwin Coastal, including Dauphin Island, Fort Morgan, Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach. Issued 8:22 PM CDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Friday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 foot or less | Around 1 foot | Around 1 foot |
| Water temperature | Around 80 | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly clear until 3 AM, then mostly cloudy | Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the mid 80s | - | In the lower 80s |
| Low temperature | - | In the lower 70s | - |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph | Southeast winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon |
| Tides | Dauphin IslandLow 0.2 ft, 12:56 PM | Dauphin IslandHigh 1.7 ft, 1:37 AM | Dauphin IslandLow 0.2 ft, 2:05 PM |
- Friday night
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 2 feet. Partly cloudy. Cooler. Lows around 60. North winds around 20 mph
- Saturday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny, cooler. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. North winds around 25 mph
- Saturday night
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- 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
Tide
Beach
- County
- Baldwin County
- State
- Alabama
- Latitude
- 30.2696° N
- Longitude
- 87.5564° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest East Jetty, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Gulf ShoresJKA
At an airfield/7.0 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Gasque/Bonsecour WmaBONA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.3 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Koptis FarmsS2180
At a soil climate station/19.5 mi away/135 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Fairhope 3 NE63869
At a climate reference station/26.4 mi away/95 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Orange Beach 0.5 EAL-BW-113
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Weeks Bay NerrWKXA1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near East Jetty
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Orange Beachcity, 2 mi
- Perdido Beachtown, 7 mi
- Gulf Shorestown, 8 mi
- Elbertatown, 9 mi
- Bon Secourcommunity, 11 mi
- Foleycity, 11 mi
- Lilliancommunity, 12 mi
- Magnolia Springstown, 16 mi
- Summerdaletown, 17 mi
- Robertsdalecity, 21 mi
- Silverhilltown, 22 mi
- Fairhopecity, 26 mi
Beaches near East Jetty
- West Jettyunder 1 mi
- Alabama Point Beachunder 1 mi
- Shell Beachunder 1 mi
- Gulf Shores Public Beach8 mi
- Magnolia Beach27 mi
- South Beach Park27 mi
- East End Beach31 mi
- Dauphin Beach33 mi