Sandy HookNDBC-SDHN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/North Beach
North Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Monmouth County, New JerseyGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, southwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet expected. For the Gale Watch, north winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet possible. * WHERE...Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 11 AM this morning to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * 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.
61°
77°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 8 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for North 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 this evening, from about 8 PM (68%).
Now. North Beach is 61° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (47%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
85%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
61feels61
11%
Today
Oct 16
7756
86%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5448
47%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5639
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5944
12%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
6547
13%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6451
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
6150
15mph
61°
77°56°
54°48°
56°39°
59°44°
65°47°
64°51°
61°50°
As of 5:00 AM in North Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at North Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Monmouth County (NJ), 14 miles off.
28Good
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 North Beach, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 341°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 18.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (120°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 13 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:20 AM
- Distance
- 18.0 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 5:20 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (130°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (120°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (120°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SE (125°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (121°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 10 s | ESE (109°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | ESE (112°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 9 s | ESE (119°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 11 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | E (79°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | ESE (122°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (74°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (27°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NE (55°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (31°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNE (20°) |
Beach
- County
- Monmouth County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 40.4781° N
- Longitude
- 74.0108° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest North Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station CW1367CW1367
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
LindenLDJ
At an airfield/15.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Atlantic Highlands 1.0 WNJ-MN-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OakhurstLBRN4
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/31 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 Oakhurst (LBRN4), 14.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Jersey
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Near North Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sandy Hookfeature, 1 mi
- Atlantic Highlandsborough, 5 mi
- Leonardocommunity, 5 mi
- Highlandsborough, 5 mi
- Navesinkcommunity, 5 mi
- Belfordcommunity, 5 mi
- Port Monmouthcommunity, 6 mi
- North Middletowncommunity, 6 mi
- Keansburgborough, 7 mi
- Rumsonborough, 7 mi
- Fair Havenborough, 8 mi
- Fairviewcommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near North Beach
- Gunnison Beach2 mi
- FIshing Beach3 mi
- Beach E4 mi
- Beach D4 mi
- Beach C5 mi
- Gravelly Point Beach5 mi
- Beach B5 mi
- Ideal Beach6 mi