Citizen station FW0884FW0884
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/149 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cedar Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York* WHAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. * WHERE...Long Island Sound east of Port Jefferson and New Haven, and the south shore and eastern bays of Long Island. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
51°
53°/43°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 11 mph N
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Cedar Beach until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cedar Beach is 51° and partly cloudy at 1 PM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
5Air quality
55%Humidity
53%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
51feels51
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 17
5343
18%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5739
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6142
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6544
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
6045
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
6243
20%
17mph
Fri
Oct 23
6245
15%
16mph
51°
53°43°
57°39°
61°42°
65°44°
60°45°
62°43°
62°45°
As of 1:00 PM in Cedar Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Cedar Beach
Index 5, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 17 miles off.
5Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good9.9 mi
- Ozone-19 ppb9.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)3Good16.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.4 ppb19 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb16.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm23.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 16
- 17TodayOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cedar Beach
0.57 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.57in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 81%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cedar Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 14°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44025, 49.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44025, Long Island
- Wave height
- 4.9 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NNE (13°)
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Sat 12:10 PM
- Distance
- 49.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12:10 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Sat 11:10 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | N (4°) |
| Sat 10:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Sat 9:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (6°) |
| Sat 8:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (4°) |
| Sat 7:40 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNW (346°) |
| Sat 6:40 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | WNW (303°) |
| Sat 5:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NNW (327°) |
| Sat 4:40 AM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNW (330°) |
| Sat 3:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 7 s | SSE (151°) |
| Sat 2:40 AM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | SSE (157°) |
| Sat 1:40 AM | 4.3 ft | 7 s | SSE (154°) |
| Sat 12:40 AM | 5.2 ft | 7 s | SSE (157°) |
| Fri 11:40 PM | 4.9 ft | 7 s | SSE (168°) |
| Fri 10:40 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 9:40 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | S (180°) |
| Fri 8:40 PM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | S (169°) |
| Fri 6:40 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | SSW (194°) |
| Fri 5:40 PM | 5.9 ft | 6 s | S (186°) |
| Fri 4:40 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | SSW (204°) |
| Fri 3:40 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | ESE (121°) |
| Fri 2:40 PM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | ESE (114°) |
| Fri 1:40 PM | 3.6 ft | 6 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 12:40 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (120°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.9654° N
- Longitude
- 73.0329° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cedar Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001
Beside a road/9.9 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/12.4 mi away/98 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.1 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mt SinaiMSIN6
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/171 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mount Sinai 0.4 SNY-SF-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/161 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mt Sinai (MSIN6), 2.3 miles from here, read 17 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near Cedar Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Belle Terrevillage, 2 mi
- Port Jeffersonvillage, 2 mi
- Miller Placecommunity, 3 mi
- Mount Sinaicommunity, 3 mi
- Poquottvillage, 3 mi
- Sound Beachcommunity, 3 mi
- Port Jefferson Stationcommunity, 3 mi
- Terryvillecommunity, 4 mi
- East Setauketcommunity, 4 mi
- Setauketcommunity, 5 mi
- Old Fieldvillage, 5 mi
- Rocky Pointcommunity, 5 mi