In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Jennings Beach
Jennings Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, ConnecticutSevere Thunderstorm Watch, in full · Every severe alert
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 687 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY NEW YORK HARBOR SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM
69°
71°/52°
Overcast·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Jennings Beach until 10 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (65%).
Now. Jennings Beach is 69° and overcast at 6 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 66° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (39%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
90%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
69feels69
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7152
98%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5243
39%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5536
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5840
12%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6343
14%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6247
11%
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
6044
25%
17mph
69°
71°52°
52°43°
55°36°
58°40°
63°43°
62°47°
60°44°
As of 6:00 PM in Jennings Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Jennings Beach
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 4 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good3.2 mi
- Ozone-15 ppb20.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good3.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.5 ppb5.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb3.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm20.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jennings Beach
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 87%
Visibility
How far you can see at Jennings Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 140°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 58.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (146°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 11 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 3.9 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:50 PM
- Distance
- 58.7 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 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (145°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | ESE (113°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (117°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (109°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (106°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (129°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (130°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (125°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (121°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | ESE (112°) |
Beach
- County
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.1412° N
- Longitude
- 73.2365° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Jennings Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
FAIRFIELD - I95SB - at Exit 21CT008
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BridgeportNDBC-BRHC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bridgeport 3.4 SSWCT-FR-103
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AnsoniaANSC3
At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/177 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Plattsvillecommunity, 6 mi
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- Compocommunity, 6 mi
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