Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Great South Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York55°
63°/52°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 6 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM (67%).
Now. Great South Beach is 55° and partly cloudy at 11 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° by 11 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%) and Saturday (85%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
73%Humidity
51%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
55feels55
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6352
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7151
96%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5444
85%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5638
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6042
14%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6444
17%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6347
17mph
55°
63°52°
71°51°
54°44°
56°38°
60°42°
64°44°
63°47°
As of 11:00 PM in Great South Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Great South Beach
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 31 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- 21TodayOct 15
- 30FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Great South Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Great South Beach, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 154°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44025, 29.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44025, Long Island
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- E (95°)
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:40 PM
- Distance
- 29.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | E (95°) |
| Thu 9:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 10 s | ESE (105°) |
| Thu 8:40 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (58°) |
| Thu 7:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (73°) |
| Thu 6:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (62°) |
| Thu 5:10 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 4:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | ENE (59°) |
| Thu 3:40 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NE (47°) |
| Thu 2:40 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (56°) |
| Thu 1:40 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (43°) |
| Thu 12:40 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NE (36°) |
| Thu 11:10 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 10:40 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | NE (36°) |
| Thu 9:10 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNE (22°) |
| Thu 8:40 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (26°) |
| Thu 7:40 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (24°) |
| Thu 6:40 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (22°) |
| Thu 5:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (16°) |
| Thu 4:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (19°) |
| Thu 3:40 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (13°) |
| Thu 2:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (14°) |
| Thu 1:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | S (185°) |
| Thu 12:40 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | S (184°) |
| Wed 11:40 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | S (179°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.6668° N
- Longitude
- 73.0540° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Great South Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station NYBAYPO54NYBAYPO54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.1 mi away/98 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001
Beside a road/11.1 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sayville 1.0 SSENY-SF-49
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St JamesSTJN6
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/128 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Great South Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fire Islandcommunity, 5 mi
- West Sayvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Bayportcommunity, 6 mi
- Ocean Beachvillage, 6 mi
- Sayvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Blue Pointcommunity, 6 mi
- Oakdalecommunity, 6 mi
- Patchoguevillage, 7 mi
- Great Rivercommunity, 7 mi
- Bohemiacommunity, 8 mi
- Saltairevillage, 8 mi
- East Islipcommunity, 8 mi
Beaches near Great South Beach
- Sayville Bathing Beach4 mi
- Foster Ave Beach4 mi
- Oak Rd. Beach4 mi
- Green's Creek Beach4 mi
- Bayport Beach4 mi
- East Beach6 mi
- Corey Beach6 mi
- Blue Point Beach6 mi