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Deer Field Shores, North Carolina

Beach in Carteret County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Deer Field Shores

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 5 miles off.

10Good
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Deer Field Shores

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Deer Field Shores, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat
Deer Field Shores from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 8:42 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.SW230240250260Facing WSW 243°Sun 129° leftWind 6 mphfrom WSW, onshoreRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking WSW from the sand at 8:42 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing WSW 243°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: moderate

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for East Carteret.

Today

Rip current risk
Core Banks ModerateShackleford Banks Moderate
Surf height
Core Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 2 feet
Water temperature
In the lower 70s
UV index
High

Surf zone forecast

East Carteret, including Cape Lookout National Seashore and Shackleford Banks. Issued 4:12 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskCore Banks ModerateShackleford Banks ModerateCore Banks ModerateShackleford Banks High
Surf heightCore Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 2 feetCore Banks 3 to 6 feetShackleford Banks 3 to 4 feet
Water temperatureIn the lower 70s-
UV indexHigh-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherMostly sunnyMostly cloudy. Rain likely
High temperatureIn the lower 80sAround 70
WindsSouthwest winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 20 mph in the afternoonWindy. Northwest winds around 20 mph, increasing to north around 30 mph in the afternoon
TidesCape LookoutHigh 3.9 ft, 11:28 AMCape LookoutHigh 3.7 ft, 12:23 PM

Beach

County
Carteret County
State
North Carolina
Latitude
34.7579° N
Longitude
76.6627° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Deer Field Shores, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station GW0457GW0457

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

BeaufortNDBC-BFTN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Beaufort 3.4 NNWNC-CR-138

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Morehead CityMDCN7

At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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