StevensvilleW29
At an airfield/7.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
South Beach, Maryland
Beach in Queen Anne's County, MarylandGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft expected. For the Gale Warning, north winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point MD to Smith Point VA, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA, and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 9 AM this morning to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Warning, from 6 AM Saturday to 6 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
59°
82°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Light breeze 4 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for South Beach until 6 AM Sunday. 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 (64%).
Now. South Beach is 59° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (82%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
96%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
59feels59
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8258
74%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5748
82%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6145
16%
Tue
Oct 20
6548
15%
Wed
Oct 21
6550
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6350
partly cloudy day
59°
82°58°
57°48°
58°42°
61°45°
65°48°
65°50°
63°50°
As of 3:00 AM in South Beach, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at South Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 24 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good23.1 mi
- Ozone18Good16 ppb20.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb23.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Beach
0.11 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.11in
- Last 3 days
- 0.11in
Visibility
How far you can see at South Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 285°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Queen Anne's County
- State
- Maryland
- Latitude
- 38.8687° N
- Longitude
- 76.3667° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest South Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Bay Bridge S-9 E/BMD066
Beside a road/8.4 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW2157CW2157
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
AnnapolisNDBC-APAM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/27.9 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Stevensville 2.4 SWMD-QA-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
StevensvilleSTVM2
At a cooperative observer's station/7.3 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 South Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Romancokecommunity, 2 mi
- Highland Beachtown, 7 mi
- Annapolis Neckcommunity, 8 mi
- Chestercommunity, 8 mi
- Shady Sidecommunity, 8 mi
- Stevensvillecommunity, 8 mi
- Mayocommunity, 9 mi
- St. Michaelstown, 10 mi
- Galesvillecommunity, 10 mi
- Kent Narrowscommunity, 10 mi
- Annapoliscity, 10 mi
- Dealecommunity, 10 mi
Beaches near South Beach
- North Beachunder 1 mi
- Bay Ridge Beach7 mi
- Mayo Beach7 mi
- Triton Beach7 mi
- Hillsmere Shores Community Beach8 mi
- Carrs Beach8 mi
- Selby Beach8 mi
- Sparrows Beach8 mi