Sandy Run RAWS/Dixon 2NNW NcCLJN7
A remote fire weather station/10.2 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/Sea Haven Beach
Sea Haven Beach, North Carolina
Beach in Onslow 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.
67°
85°/66°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 67°·Light air 4 mph SW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Sea Haven 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 (83%).
Now. Sea Haven Beach is 67° and mostly clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). Rain is possible Sunday (39%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:43 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
95%Humidity
29%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
67feels67
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8566
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6757
83%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6345
39%
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6749
28%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
7151
19%
Wed
Oct 21
7252
13%
Thu
Oct 22
7153
14%
67°
85°66°
67°57°
63°45°
67°49°
71°51°
72°52°
71°53°
As of 7:00 AM in Sea Haven Beach, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Sea Haven Beach
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 28 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate21.5 mi
- Ozone6Good1 ppb21.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good21.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 71YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sea Haven Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Sea Haven Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 1 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 153°
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 Coastal Onslow.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 1 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 70s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Onslow, including Hammocks Beach and North Topsail Beach. Issued 4:12 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 1 to 3 feet | 3 to 4 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny. Patchy fog | Mostly cloudy. Rain likely |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | North Topsail BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 11:53 AM | North Topsail BeachHigh 4.5 ft, 12:48 PM |
Beach
- County
- Onslow County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 34.4641° N
- Longitude
- 77.4766° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sea Haven Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/17.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW2293EW2293
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.5 mi away/53 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
North Topsail Beach 0.9 SWNC-ON-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Jacksonville E0CJEON7
At a cooperative observer's station/23.4 mi away/66 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 Sea Haven Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Holly Ridgetown, 5 mi
- Surf Citytown, 6 mi
- North Topsail Beachtown, 8 mi
- Sneads Ferrycommunity, 8 mi
- Topsail Beachtown, 11 mi
- Hampsteadcommunity, 15 mi
- Porters Neckcommunity, 21 mi
- Jacksonvillecity, 21 mi
- Piney Greencommunity, 21 mi
- Bayshorecommunity, 22 mi
- Ogdencommunity, 23 mi
- Pumpkin Centercommunity, 23 mi