Cape MayNDBC-CMAN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/Higbee Beach
Higbee Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Cape May County, New JerseyGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and choppy waters expected. For the Gale Warning, north winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and rough waters expected. * WHERE...Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE and Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 2 AM to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Warning, from 6 AM to 6 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
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.
72°
78°/58°
Overcast·
Feels like 72°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Higbee Beach until 6 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM (74%).
Now. Higbee Beach is 72° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (84%). Rain is possible Monday (45%), Tuesday (38%), Wednesday (30%) and Thursday (30%). The windiest day is Monday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
26Air quality
90%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
72feels72
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7858
90%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5746
84%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5942
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
6247
45%
21mph
Tue
Oct 20
6348
38%
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
6351
30%
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
6250
30%
18mph
72°
78°58°
57°46°
59°42°
62°47°
63°48°
63°51°
62°50°
As of 12:00 PM in Higbee Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Higbee Beach
Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 29 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone19Good21 ppb16.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Higbee Beach
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
Visibility
How far you can see at Higbee Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 285°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cape May County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 38.9590° N
- Longitude
- 74.9649° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Higbee Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW5057DW5057
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/4.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lower Twp 2.4 WNJ-CM-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cape MayCPMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.8 mi away/23 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 Cape May (CPMN4), 1.8 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Jersey
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Higbee Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cape May Pointborough, 2 mi
- North Cape Maycommunity, 2 mi
- West Cape Mayborough, 2 mi
- Cape Maycity, 3 mi
- Villascommunity, 4 mi
- Ermacommunity, 5 mi
- Rio Grandecommunity, 6 mi
- Diamond Beachcommunity, 6 mi
- Wildwood Crestborough, 7 mi
- Whitesborocommunity, 8 mi
- West Wildwoodborough, 8 mi
- Wildwoodtown, 8 mi
Beaches near Higbee Beach
- Sunset Beachunder 1 mi
- The Cove3 mi
- Shorebirds Tolz Beach Preserve3 mi
- Miami Beach5 mi
- Two Mile Beach6 mi
- Diamond Beach Park6 mi
- Sunray Beach6 mi
- The Grand at Diamond Beach6 mi