At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Old House Beach
Old House Beach, North Carolina
Beach in Carteret County, North Carolina* WHAT...North winds 30 to 40 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 7 to 12 ft expected. * WHERE...The coastal waters from Ocracoke Inlet to Surf City. * 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There is low confidence in the end time of gale force conditions, as they could extend well beyond Monday.
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.
69°
82°/69°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 69°·Light breeze 6 mph SW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Old House 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 (89%).
Now. Old House Beach is 69° and partly cloudy at 6 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 66° 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 Wednesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%) and Sunday (50%). Rain is possible Monday (48%) and Tuesday (31%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
99%Humidity
49%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
69feels69
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
8269
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6861
91%
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
6653
50%
29mph
Mon
Oct 19
6858
48%
22mph
Tue
Oct 20
6957
31%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
7058
21%
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
7059
26%
18mph
69°
82°69°
68°61°
66°53°
68°58°
69°57°
70°58°
70°59°
As of 6:00 AM in Old House Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Old House Beach
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 26 miles off.
13Good
- Ozone13Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Old House Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Old House Beach, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 131°
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, and the waves at buoy 41025, 47.9 mi away.
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
Waves at buoy 41025, Diamond Shoals
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- NE (38°)
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:50 AM
- Distance
- 47.9 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 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | NE (38°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | NE (47°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | N (2°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | N (7°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 6 s | N (2°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
East Carteret, including Cape Lookout National Seashore and Shackleford Banks. Issued 4:12 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Core Banks ModerateShackleford Banks Moderate | Core Banks ModerateShackleford Banks High |
| Surf height | Core Banks 1 to 3 feetShackleford Banks Around 2 feet | Core Banks 3 to 6 feetShackleford Banks 3 to 4 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Mostly cloudy. Rain likely |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | Around 70 |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 10 mph, increasing to around 20 mph in the afternoon | Windy. Northwest winds around 20 mph, increasing to north around 30 mph in the afternoon |
| 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
- 34.9268° N
- Longitude
- 76.2182° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Old House Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Piney IslandNBT
At an airfield/15.3 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW6135EW6135
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cedar IslandCRIN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Atlantic 0.5 WSWNC-CR-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Old House Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Atlanticcommunity, 8 mi
- Daviscommunity, 17 mi
- Ocracokecommunity, 19 mi
- Marshallbergcommunity, 22 mi
- Gloucestercommunity, 23 mi
- Harkers Islandcommunity, 25 mi
- Orientaltown, 27 mi
- Beauforttown, 28 mi
- Hobuckencommunity, 30 mi
- Mesictown, 31 mi
- Vandemeretown, 31 mi
- Morehead Citytown, 33 mi
Beaches near Old House Beach
- Sand Island2 mi
- The Sands2 mi
- Cape Lookout beach camping4 mi
- Cedar Island Beach8 mi
- Bare Sand Beach23 mi
- John W. Bond Beach Park27 mi
- Deer Field Shores28 mi
- Styron Beach Park28 mi