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Hooks Creek Lake Beach, New Jersey

Beach in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Hooks Creek Lake Beach

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Central (NJ), 4 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good8.5 mi
  • Ozone26Good17 ppb8.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6 ppb8.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb14.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm14.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hooks Creek Lake Beach

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 Hooks Creek Lake Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat
Hooks Creek Lake Beach from its sand, nowLooking NW from the sand at 10:41 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.6 ft every 10 s.290300310NW320Facing NW 308°Wind 5 mphfrom SE, offshore
Looking NW from the sand at 10:41 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.6 ft every 10 s.
NESW

Facing NW 308°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 30.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
10 s
From
ESE (121°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 10 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from ESE
Water
65 °F
Read
Thu 9:50 PM
Distance
30.3 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.

Wave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.3 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (121°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft11 sESE (112°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.6 ft9 sESE (119°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.6 ft11 sSE (127°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.6 ft4 sE (79°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft14 sESE (122°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft4 sENE (74°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.3 ft15 sENE (71°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.3 ft4 sENE (67°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.6 ft3 sNNE (27°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNE (55°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (30°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.6 ft3 sNNE (31°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.3 ft3 sNNE (20°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.3 ft3 sN (7°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (8°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (9°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.3 ft6 sS (175°)
Thu 1:50 AM2.6 ft6 sSSE (167°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft6 sSSE (163°)
Wed 11:50 PM2.3 ft6 sSSE (167°)
Wed 10:50 PM2.3 ft7 sSSE (158°)

Beach

County
Middlesex County
State
New Jersey
Latitude
40.4399° N
Longitude
74.2691° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hooks Creek Lake Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW2099FW2099

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

LindenLDJ

At an airfield/12.3 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

South Amboy 1.6 SNJ-MD-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

FreeholdFRHN4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/177 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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