Cape MayNDBC-CMAN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/Sunset Beach
Sunset Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Cape May County, New JerseyGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 20 to 25 kt and rough waters expected. For the Gale Watch, north winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and rough waters possible. * 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 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°
65°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Sunset Beach until 6 PM Saturday. 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 tomorrow night, from about 11 PM (87%).
Now. Sunset Beach is 61° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 59°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 78°, and the coolest Saturday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%) and Saturday (97%).
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 south-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 day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
78%Humidity
90%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
61feels61
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
6556
15%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
7858
87%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5846
97%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5942
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6146
23%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6348
21%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6449
12%
15mph
61°
65°56°
78°58°
58°46°
59°42°
61°46°
63°48°
64°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Sunset Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Sunset Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 28 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone23Good26 ppb15.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 14
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 Sunset 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 Sunset Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 293°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cape May County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 38.9496° N
- Longitude
- 74.9685° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sunset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW5057DW5057
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.2 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Cape May 0.2 SSWNJ-CM-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cape MayCPMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 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), 1.9 miles from here, read 15 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 Sunset Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cape May Pointborough, 1 mi
- West Cape Mayborough, 2 mi
- North Cape Maycommunity, 3 mi
- Cape Maycity, 3 mi
- Villascommunity, 5 mi
- Ermacommunity, 6 mi
- Diamond Beachcommunity, 6 mi
- Rio Grandecommunity, 7 mi
- Wildwood Crestborough, 7 mi
- Whitesborocommunity, 9 mi
- West Wildwoodborough, 9 mi
- Wildwoodtown, 9 mi
Beaches near Sunset Beach
- Higbee Beachunder 1 mi
- The Cove2 mi
- Shorebirds Tolz Beach Preserve4 mi
- Miami Beach6 mi
- Two Mile Beach6 mi
- Diamond Beach Park6 mi
- The Grand at Diamond Beach6 mi
- Sunray Beach7 mi