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Long Beach, Connecticut

Beach in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Air quality

The air at Long Beach

Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 13 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)3Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 2 AM.

SunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at Long Beach

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.42 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.42in

Visibility

How far you can see at Long Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Tue 2 AM.

SunMon
Long Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 6:42 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 4 s.120130SE140150Facing SE 133°Wind 6 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking SE from the sand at 6:42 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing SE 133°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 51.1 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
4.3 ft
Period
4 s
From
N (9°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 7 s from E
Wind waves
4.3 ft at 4 s from N
Water
63 °F
Read
Sun 5:50 AM
Distance
51.1 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.

Wave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 4.3 ft at Sun 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.3 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 4.3 ft at Sun 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonSatNoonSun4.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 4.3 ft at Sun 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sun 5:50 AM4.3 ft4 sN (9°)
Sun 4:50 AM4.3 ft6 sE (88°)
Sun 3:50 AM4.3 ft4 sNNE (26°)
Sun 2:50 AM4.3 ft4 sNNE (14°)
Sun 1:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNNE (21°)
Sun 12:50 AM4.3 ft4 sNNE (14°)
Sat 11:50 PM4.3 ft4 sNNE (13°)
Sat 10:50 PM3.3 ft4 sNNE (27°)
Sat 9:50 PM3.3 ft4 sN (9°)
Sat 8:50 PM3.3 ft4 sNNW (341°)
Sat 7:50 PM3.6 ft4 sNNW (338°)
Sat 6:50 PM3.3 ft4 sN (350°)
Sat 5:50 PM3.3 ft4 sNNW (348°)
Sat 4:50 PM3.6 ft4 sN (356°)
Sat 3:50 PM3.3 ft4 sN (349°)
Sat 2:50 PM3.0 ft4 sN (353°)
Sat 1:50 PM3.3 ft4 sN (5°)
Sat 12:50 PM3.3 ft4 sN (5°)
Sat 11:50 AM3.9 ft4 sN (357°)
Sat 10:50 AM3.9 ft4 sN (2°)
Sat 9:50 AM3.6 ft4 sN (2°)
Sat 8:50 AM3.3 ft4 sNNW (344°)
Sat 7:50 AM3.0 ft4 sNW (326°)
Sat 6:50 AM3.3 ft4 sNNW (331°)

Beach

County
Western Connecticut Planning Region
State
Connecticut
Latitude
41.0729° N
Longitude
73.4032° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Long Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW7746GW7746

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/76 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bridgeport/SikorskyBDR

At an airfield/15.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Norwalk 1.4 ENECT-FR-66

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

GreenwichGREC3

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/361 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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