Citizen station CW2542CW2542
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Indian Beach
Indian Beach, North Carolina
Beach Hazards Statement, in full
* WHAT...Strong longshore currents in the surf zone. * WHERE...Crystal Coast beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong longshore currents will create dangerous swimming conditions.
Strong longshore currents can sweep swimmers and surfers into rip currents, piers, jetties and other hazardous areas. In many cases, the longshore current is strong enough to prevent swimmers from being able to keep their feet on the bottom making it difficult to return to shore.
55°
73°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Gentle breeze 8 mph N
Alert. A Beach Hazards Statement is in force for Indian Beach until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Indian Beach is 55° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Monday, near 74°, and the coolest Saturday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 70% lit, and sets at 2:36 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
78%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
55feels55
now, clear
Today
Oct 20
7351
clear
Wed
Oct 21
7053
clear
Thu
Oct 22
7048
clear
Fri
Oct 23
6950
clear
Sat
Oct 24
6850
mostly clear
Sun
Oct 25
7152
mostly clear
Mon
Oct 26
7453
clear
As of 12:00 AM in Indian Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Indian Beach
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 15 miles off.
37Good
- Ozone37Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Thu Oct 22, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 19
- 40TodayOct 20
- 40WedOct 21
- 40ThuOct 22
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Indian Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.46 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.46in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Indian Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 181°
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 West Carteret.
- In force Beach hazards statement in effect from 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening
- In force Moderate rip current risk in effect from 8 AM EDT Tuesday through Tuesday evening
Tuesday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- Moderate
Surf zone forecast
West Carteret, including Fort Macon, Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, Salter Path, and Emerald Isle. Issued 8:11 PM EDT Mon Oct 19.
| Forecast | Tuesday | Wednesday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | Around 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 70s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | North winds around 20 mph | North winds around 15 mph |
| Tides | Atlantic BeachLow 1.0 ft, 9:13 AMHigh 3.8 ft, 3:15 PM | Atlantic BeachLow 0.8 ft, 10:03 AMHigh 3.9 ft, 4:11 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Carteret County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 34.6891° N
- Longitude
- 76.8713° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Indian Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Croatan RAWSNPTN7
A remote fire weather station/6.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bogue FieldNJM
At an airfield/9.0 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Indian Beach 0.0 WNC-CR-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Newport/Morehead City WfoMHXN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Newport/Morehead City Wfo (MHXN7), 6.0 miles from here, read 18 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Indian Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Indian Beachtown, 1 mi
- Pine Knoll Shorestown, 4 mi
- Brandywine Baycommunity, 4 mi
- Broad Creekcommunity, 4 mi
- Newporttown, 7 mi
- Morehead Citytown, 8 mi
- Atlantic Beachtown, 8 mi
- Boguetown, 9 mi
- Emerald Isletown, 10 mi
- Cape Carterettown, 10 mi
- Peletiertown, 12 mi
- Cedar Pointtown, 12 mi
Beaches near Indian Beach
- Indian Beach1 mi
- Pine Knoll Shores4 mi
- Deer Field Shores13 mi
- Headys Beach16 mi
- Hammocks Beach State Park18 mi
- Sunfish Beach20 mi
- Flanners Beach21 mi
- Bare Sand Beach22 mi