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In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Esker Point Beach
Esker Point Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut* WHAT...South winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 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 to 6 PM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
55°
69°/48°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Esker 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 82% around 11 AM.
Now. Esker Point Beach is 55° and mostly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (84%). 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
14Air quality
67%Humidity
69%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
55feels55
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6948
93%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5342
84%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5634
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6039
12%
Tue
Oct 20
6442
13%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6344
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
6041
14mph
55°
69°48°
53°42°
56°34°
60°39°
64°42°
63°44°
60°41°
As of 2:00 AM in Esker Point Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Esker Point Beach
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 2 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good4.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good4.7 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 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Esker Point 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 Esker Point Beach, the next 43 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 187°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.3209° N
- Longitude
- 71.9987° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Esker Point 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 now4 instruments
At an airfield/2.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
GROTON - I95WB - In Median East CT US CTDOTCT004
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
New LondonNDBC-NLHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Noank 0.3 SSECT-NL-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/67 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorwichNRWC3
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 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), 14.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Esker Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Noankcommunity, 1 mi
- Groton Long Pointborough, 1 mi
- Poquonock Bridgecommunity, 2 mi
- Mysticcommunity, 3 mi
- Long Hillcommunity, 3 mi
- Grotoncity, 4 mi
- Old Mysticcommunity, 4 mi
- Stoningtonborough, 5 mi
- Conning Towers-Nautilus Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- New Londoncity, 6 mi
- Waterfordcommunity, 7 mi
- Gales Ferrycommunity, 8 mi
Beaches near Esker Point Beach
- Main Street Dock And Beachunder 1 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beachunder 1 mi
- Groton Long Point Main Beachunder 1 mi
- Groton Long Point South Beach1 mi
- Nauyaug Coast1 mi
- Bluff Point Beach2 mi
- Groton Beach2 mi
- Bushy Point Beach3 mi