At an airfield/3.2 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Bugsy Beach
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 75% around 9 AM.
Now. Bugsy Beach is 68° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 67°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 85°, and the coolest Saturday, near 62°. Rain is likely Saturday (78%). Rain is possible Sunday (38%) and Monday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
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. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Bugsy Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 52 miles off.
Highest 53, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing W 277°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 44056, 23.5 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 7 s | NE (42°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 9:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 8:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (88°) |
| Thu 7:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 6:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 5:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (94°) |
| Thu 4:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 3:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 2:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | E (90°) |
| Thu 1:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (104°) |
| Thu 12:30 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (105°) |
| Wed 11:30 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (109°) |
The 6 instruments nearest Bugsy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/3.2 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW3040FW3040
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.3 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/47 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Tidewater #1S2008
At a soil climate station/37.8 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Elizabeth City 7.0 SSENC-PS-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Waste Treatmt PlantEZCN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.