At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Cape Lookout beach camping
Cape Lookout beach camping, North Carolina
Beach in Carteret County, North Carolina* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 8 to 13 ft possible. * WHERE...Portions of the adjacent Atlantic coastal waters and the adjacent Atlantic offshore waters. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
70°
82°/69°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Cape Lookout beach camping until 6 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, the chance peaking at 62% around 3 PM.
Now. Cape Lookout beach camping is 70° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the east-southeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%) and Sunday (50%). Rain is possible Monday (30%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
95%Humidity
44%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
70feels70
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8269
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6861
75%
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
6653
50%
28mph
Mon
Oct 19
6857
30%
21mph
Tue
Oct 20
7056
21%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
7057
10%
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
7058
17%
17mph
70°
82°69°
68°61°
66°53°
68°57°
70°56°
70°57°
70°58°
As of 1:00 AM in Cape Lookout beach camping, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Cape Lookout beach camping
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 22 miles off.
26Good
- Ozone26Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cape Lookout beach camping
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Cape Lookout beach camping, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for East Carteret, and the waves at buoy 41025, 51.7 mi away.
Friday
- Rip current risk
- Core Banks ModerateShackleford Banks Moderate
- Surf height
- Core Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 1 foot building to 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 70s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 41025, Diamond Shoals
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- N (5°)
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:50 AM
- Distance
- 51.7 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 12:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | N (4°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 9 s | E (80°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ENE (74°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | E (99°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | E (91°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | SW (216°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ENE (63°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | E (99°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | SSW (205°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | SW (215°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | SW (217°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SW (224°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | SW (224°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SW (233°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SW (220°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (89°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SSW (210°) |
Surf zone forecast
East Carteret, including Cape Lookout National Seashore and Shackleford Banks. Issued 8:25 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Core Banks ModerateShackleford Banks Moderate | Core Banks LowShackleford Banks High |
| Surf height | Core Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 1 foot building to 2 to 3 feet | Core Banks 4 to 6 feetShackleford Banks 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Partly sunny until 8 AM, then mostly cloudy. Showers |
| High temperature | Around 80 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 20 mph in the afternoon | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph |
| Tides | Cape LookoutHigh 3.9 ft, 11:28 AM | Cape LookoutHigh 3.7 ft, 12:23 PM |
Beach
- County
- Carteret County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 34.8854° N
- Longitude
- 76.2763° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cape Lookout beach camping, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Piney IslandNBT
At an airfield/14.2 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW6135EW6135
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.1 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Atlantic 0.5 WSWNC-CR-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cedar IslandCRIN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/4 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 Cape Lookout beach camping
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Gloucestercommunity, 18 mi
- Harkers Islandcommunity, 21 mi
- Ocracokecommunity, 23 mi
- Beauforttown, 24 mi
- Orientaltown, 25 mi
- Morehead Citytown, 29 mi
- Atlantic Beachtown, 29 mi
- Hobuckencommunity, 30 mi
- Mesictown, 30 mi
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- Sand Island6 mi
- Cedar Island Beach9 mi
- Bare Sand Beach19 mi
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- John W. Bond Beach Park25 mi
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