In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Connecticut/Montowese Beach
Montowese Beach, Connecticut
Beach in Connecticut* WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas around 2 feet expected. * WHERE...Long Island Sound from Port Jefferson and New Haven east to Orient Point and the Connecticut River. * WHEN...From 11 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.
57°
70°/51°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Montowese 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 9 AM, the chance peaking at 76% around 10 AM.
Now. Montowese Beach is 57° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 (68%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:59 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
23Air quality
75%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
57feels57
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7051
95%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5342
68%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6039
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6442
12%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6344
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
6042
13mph
57°
70°51°
53°42°
56°35°
60°39°
64°42°
63°44°
60°42°
As of 2:00 AM in Montowese Beach, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Montowese Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, New Haven (CT), 8 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good21.4 mi
- Ozone23Good17 ppb21.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good21.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb21.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Montowese 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 Montowese Beach, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 146°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.2576° N
- Longitude
- 72.7998° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Montowese Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/4.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
NEW HAVEN - I95SB - At Fulton Te CT US CTDOTCT011
Beside a road/5.7 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Branford 0.3 WNWCT-NH-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GuilfordGULC3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/24 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Connecticut
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Montowese Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Branford Centercommunity, 2 mi
- East Havencommunity, 4 mi
- Guilford Centercommunity, 6 mi
- New Havencity, 7 mi
- West Havencity, 8 mi
- North Havencommunity, 9 mi
- Northfordcommunity, 10 mi
- Woodmontborough, 10 mi
- Madison Centercommunity, 11 mi
- Orangecommunity, 12 mi
- Quinnipiac Universitycommunity, 12 mi
- Wallingford Centercommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near Montowese Beach
- Limewood Beachunder 1 mi
- Pebbley Beachunder 1 mi
- Hotchkiss Grove Beachunder 1 mi
- Hotchkiss Cove Beach1 mi
- Sunset Beach1 mi
- Front Beach2 mi
- Short Beach3 mi
- Momauguin Beach4 mi