At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/North Carolina/The Sands
The Sands, 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.
71°
84°/67°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for The Sands until 6 AM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 62% around 3 PM.
Now. The Sands is 71° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. Rain is likely Saturday (72%) and Sunday (50%). Rain is possible Monday (30%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
93%Humidity
80%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
71feels71
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
8467
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8269
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6861
72%
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
71°
84°67°
82°69°
68°61°
66°53°
68°57°
70°56°
70°57°
As of 10:00 PM in The Sands, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at The Sands
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 24 miles off.
35Good
- Ozone35Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 14
- 58TodayOct 15
- 58FriOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at The Sands
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 The Sands, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Thu 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 136°
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, 49.5 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
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- ESE (103°)
- Water
- 83 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 49.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SSE (167°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 9 s | E (84°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | NE (40°) |
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
- 34.9071° N
- Longitude
- 76.2421° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest The Sands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Piney IslandNBT
At an airfield/14.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW6135EW6135
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.3 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cedar IslandCRIN7
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 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/6.9 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 The Sands
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Atlanticcommunity, 6 mi
- Daviscommunity, 15 mi
- Marshallbergcommunity, 20 mi
- Ocracokecommunity, 21 mi
- Gloucestercommunity, 21 mi
- Harkers Islandcommunity, 23 mi
- Beauforttown, 26 mi
- Orientaltown, 27 mi
- Hobuckencommunity, 30 mi
- Mesictown, 31 mi
- Vandemeretown, 31 mi
- Morehead Citytown, 31 mi
Beaches near The Sands
- Old House Beach2 mi
- Cape Lookout beach camping2 mi
- Sand Island3 mi
- Cedar Island Beach9 mi
- Bare Sand Beach21 mi
- Deer Field Shores26 mi
- John W. Bond Beach Park27 mi
- Styron Beach Park27 mi