Sycamore Beach, Maryland

Beach in Montgomery County, Maryland

58° 64°/59°

Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light air 4 mph SE

Alert. A Test Message is in force for Sycamore Beach until 10:45 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow evening, from about 7 PM (51%).

Now. Sycamore Beach is 58° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 60°, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (82%) and Saturday (54%).

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

25Air quality

92%Humidity

94%Cloud

Now

10:00 PM

58feels58

10%

Today

Oct 15

6459

50%

Fri

Oct 16

8358

82%

13mph

Sat

Oct 17

5448

54%

16mph

Sun

Oct 18

5737

Mon

Oct 19

6039

11%

Tue

Oct 20

6544

10%

Wed

Oct 21

6547

58°

64°59°

83°58°

54°48°

57°37°

60°39°

65°44°

65°47°

As of 10:00 PM in Sycamore Beach, Maryland.

Air quality

The air at Sycamore Beach

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 13 miles off.

25Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
Ozone22Good8 ppb11.7 mi
Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.8 ppb12 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb20.1 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm12.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

GoodModerate

56YesterdayOct 14
44TodayOct 15
33FriOct 16
17SatOct 17
28SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sycamore Beach

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.06in
Last 3 days: 0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sycamore Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 5 AM.

Beach

County: Montgomery County
State: Maryland
Latitude: 38.9819° N
Longitude: 77.2411° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sycamore Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-495 at American Legion Bridge MD US MDDOTMD002

Beside a road/3.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station FW3819FW3819

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/175 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

GaithersburgGAI

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/539 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Tenmile Creek Precipitation Gage At Slidell391328077185901

At a river or reservoir gauge/17.2 mi away/552 ft/- ft from here