Citizen station CW0803CW0803
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Bald Beach
Bald Beach, North Carolina
Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina68°
83°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 4 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (54%).
Now. Bald Beach is 68° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (56%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:49 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
88%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8367
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6859
56%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6346
28%
20mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6849
12%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
7251
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7253
12mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7353
13mph
68°
83°67°
68°59°
63°46°
68°49°
72°51°
72°53°
73°53°
As of 4:00 AM in Bald Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Bald Beach
Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 29 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bald Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Bald Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Brunswick, and the waves at buoy 41013, 52.0 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Ocean Isle Beach West Low
- Surf height
- Ocean Isle Beach West 1 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41013, Frying Pan Shoals
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- ESE (106°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 10 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 3 s from SW
- Water
- 79 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:50 AM
- Distance
- 52.0 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (106°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (119°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ESE (105°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (111°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 10 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 7 s | ESE (113°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (108°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (116°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | ESE (111°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | ESE (117°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 7 s | E (94°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | ESE (107°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | WSW (255°) |
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Brunswick, including Bald Head Island, Oak Island, Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, and Sunset Beach. Issued 3:11 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Ocean Isle Beach West Low | Ocean Isle Beach West Low |
| Surf height | Ocean Isle Beach West 1 to 3 feet | Ocean Isle Beach West 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | Low | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 10 mph | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Remarks | None | None |
| Tides | Oak IslandHigh, 12:06 PM | Oak IslandLow, 6:03 AMHigh, 12:59 PM |
- Sunday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Breezy. North winds around 25 mph
- Monday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Brunswick County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.8693° N
- Longitude
- 78.5033° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Bald Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ShallotteNATN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.4 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sunset Beach 0.8 ENC-BR-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ag STNSHAN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/23 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 North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bald Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sunset Beachtown, 2 mi
- Calabashtown, 3 mi
- Ocean Isle Beachtown, 4 mi
- Carolina Shorestown, 5 mi
- Shallottetown, 10 mi
- Holden Beachtown, 12 mi
- Varnamtowntown, 16 mi
- Oak Islandtown, 22 mi
- St. Jamestown, 23 mi
- Boliviatown, 25 mi
- Caswell Beachtown, 26 mi
- Southportcity, 28 mi
Beaches near Bald Beach
- Sunset Beach Park1 mi
- Ocean Isle Beach4 mi
- Ocean Isle Beach7 mi
- Holden Beach8 mi
- Big Beach9 mi
- Holden Beach12 mi
- Long Beach20 mi
- Oak Island Cabana22 mi