Citizen station FW8566FW8566
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Groton Long Point Main Beach
Groton Long Point Main 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.
54°
63°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Groton Long Point Main Beach until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 75% around 11 AM.
Now. Groton Long Point Main Beach is 54° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 11 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%) and Saturday (84%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
70%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6349
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6948
94%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5342
84%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5634
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6039
12%
Tue
Oct 20
6442
13%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6344
16mph
54°
63°49°
69°48°
53°42°
56°34°
60°39°
64°42°
63°44°
As of 11:00 PM in Groton Long Point Main Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Groton Long Point Main Beach
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 3 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- 22TodayOct 15
- 22FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Groton Long Point Main Beach
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 Groton Long Point Main Beach, the next 46 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 NW 315°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.3123° N
- Longitude
- 72.0129° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Groton Long Point Main Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/2.3 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
GROTON - I95WB - In Median East CT US CTDOTCT004
Beside a road/5.0 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
New LondonNDBC-NLHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 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/1.0 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorwichNRWC3
At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 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), 15.1 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 Groton Long Point Main Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Groton Long Pointborough, under 1 mi
- Noankcommunity, 1 mi
- Poquonock Bridgecommunity, 2 mi
- Long Hillcommunity, 3 mi
- Grotoncity, 4 mi
- Mysticcommunity, 4 mi
- Old Mysticcommunity, 5 mi
- New Londoncity, 5 mi
- Conning Towers-Nautilus Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Stoningtonborough, 6 mi
- Waterfordcommunity, 6 mi
- Gales Ferrycommunity, 8 mi
Beaches near Groton Long Point Main Beach
- Groton Long Point South Beachunder 1 mi
- Esker Point Beachunder 1 mi
- Bluff Point Beach1 mi
- Main Street Dock And Beach2 mi
- Noank Town Dock Beach2 mi
- Bushy Point Beach2 mi
- Groton Beach2 mi
- Nauyaug Coast2 mi