At an airfield/0.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Bushy Point Beach
Bushy Point Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut* WHAT...South winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 1 to 3 feet expected. * WHERE...The south shore and eastern bays of Long Island, and Long Island Sound East of the Mouth of the Connecticut River. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
56°
68°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 12 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Bushy Point Beach until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 64% around 11 AM.
Now. Bushy Point Beach is 56° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:55 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
64%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
56feels56
12mph
Today
Oct 16
6848
99%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5342
79%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5534
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5939
12%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6342
15%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6344
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
6043
15mph
56°
68°48°
53°42°
55°34°
59°39°
63°42°
63°44°
60°43°
As of 4:00 AM in Bushy Point Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Bushy Point Beach
Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 2 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good2.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good2.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- 22TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bushy Point Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Bushy Point Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 174°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.3195° N
- Longitude
- 72.0470° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Bushy Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8566FW8566
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
GROTON - I95WB - In Median East CT US CTDOTCT004
Beside a road/3.5 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
New LondonNDBC-NLHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Groton 2.9 ECT-NL-45
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorwichNRWC3
At a cooperative observer's station/14.4 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Norwich (NRWC3), 14.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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