Citizen station GW4300GW4300
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Gibson Island Beach, Maryland
Beach in Anne Arundel County, MarylandCoastal Flood Advisory, in full
* WHAT...Up to one half foot of inundation above ground level in low lying areas due to tidal flooding. * WHERE...Shoreline in Anne Arundel County. * WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT this evening, especially around the time of high tide. * IMPACTS...At 2.6 feet, water may begin to pond in the parking lot at Annapolis City Dock, and surround the Alex Haley Memorial. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Tides one and a half to two feet above normal. The next high tide at Annapolis U.S. Naval Academy is at 10:39 PM and 9:43 AM.
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property.
70°
81°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 70°·Light breeze 8 mph SSW
Alert. A Coastal Flood Advisory is in force for Gibson Island Beach until 11 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (77%).
Now. Gibson Island Beach is 70° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%). Rain is possible Monday (33%) and Tuesday (30%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
34Air quality
88%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
70feels70
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8158
87%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5748
65%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5841
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5945
33%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6449
30%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6451
21%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6351
25%
12mph
70°
81°58°
57°48°
58°41°
59°45°
64°49°
64°51°
63°51°
As of 12:00 PM in Gibson Island Beach, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Gibson Island Beach
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Metro Baltimore (MD), 12 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good23.7 mi
- Ozone12Good9 ppb16.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.4 ppb24.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb16.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm23.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gibson Island Beach
0.08 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.08in
Visibility
How far you can see at Gibson Island Beach, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 48°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Anne Arundel County
- State
- Maryland
- Latitude
- 39.0843° N
- Longitude
- 76.4225° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Gibson Island Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
US-50 at MD-2MD029
Beside a road/6.0 mi away/104 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
AnnapolisNAK
At an airfield/7.4 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AnnapolisNDBC-APAM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/23.4 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Arnold 1.6 NMD-AA-91
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
StevensvilleSTVM2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/-20 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
Elsewhere in Maryland
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Gibson Island Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Severna Parkcommunity, 8 mi
- Naval Academycommunity, 8 mi
- Pasadenacommunity, 8 mi
- Annapoliscity, 8 mi
- Herald Harborcommunity, 8 mi
- Stevensvillecommunity, 9 mi
- Arden on the Severncommunity, 9 mi
- Crownsvillecommunity, 10 mi