Citizen station FW0226FW0226
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Batemans Beach
Batemans Beach, North Carolina
Beach in Washington County, North Carolina* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and extremely rough waters expected. * WHERE...Albemarle, Croatan, and Roanoke Sounds and the Alligator River. * WHEN...From 11 AM Saturday to 11 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
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.
71°
86°/66°
Overcast·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Batemans Beach until 11 AM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (91%).
Now. Batemans Beach is 71° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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 Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%). Rain is possible Sunday (35%), Monday (44%) and Tuesday (30%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:34 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 day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
23Air quality
90%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
71feels71
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8666
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6454
91%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6448
35%
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6753
44%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
6954
30%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
7055
21%
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
6957
28%
15mph
71°
86°66°
64°54°
64°48°
67°53°
69°54°
70°55°
69°57°
As of 9:00 AM in Batemans Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Batemans Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Martin County (NC), 31 miles off.
23Good
- Ozone23Good26 ppb20.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb20.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Batemans Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Batemans Beach, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 3°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44056, 51.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- NE (52°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 7 s from NE
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Fri 9:00 AM
- Distance
- 51.0 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 9:00 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | NE (52°) |
| Fri 8:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | NE (47°) |
| Fri 7:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| Fri 6:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | NE (46°) |
| Fri 5:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | ENE (78°) |
| Fri 4:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| Fri 3:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 7 s | NE (44°) |
| Fri 2:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 7 s | NE (41°) |
| Fri 1:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 7 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 12:30 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | NE (51°) |
| Thu 11:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 7 s | NE (42°) |
| Thu 10:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| Thu 9:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (46°) |
| Thu 8:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 6:30 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (29°) |
| Thu 5:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 4:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 3:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | NNE (14°) |
| Thu 2:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Thu 1:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 12:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 11:30 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 10:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 35.9446° N
- Longitude
- 76.5713° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Batemans Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/5.7 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tidewater #1 ScanTIDN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tidewater #1S2008
At a soil climate station/7.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Roper 2.4 NENC-WS-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
EdentonENTN7
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/26 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 North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Batemans Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cape Colonycommunity, 5 mi
- Ropertown, 5 mi
- Edentontown, 9 mi
- Creswelltown, 11 mi
- Plymouthtown, 11 mi
- Hertfordtown, 18 mi
- Columbiatown, 18 mi
- Winfalltown, 20 mi
- Chowan Beachcommunity, 20 mi
- Jamesvilletown, 20 mi
- Windsortown, 20 mi
- Arrowhead Beachcommunity, 21 mi
Beaches near Batemans Beach
- Bertie Beach10 mi
- Bible Shore29 mi
- Norflick Shore30 mi
- Lawson Shore31 mi
- Bugsy Beach31 mi
- Rainbow Banks (historical)34 mi
- Bailey Shore35 mi
- Respess Shore36 mi