Citizen station FW3861FW3861
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Long Beach, New York
Beach in Nassau County, New YorkGale 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°
75°/56°
Overcast·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Long 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 (66%).
Now. Long Beach is 61° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 73° by 4 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 likely tomorrow (75%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:05 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
76%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
61feels61
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7556
85%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5448
75%
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
5740
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
10%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6548
15%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6451
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6149
17mph
61°
75°56°
54°48°
57°40°
61°45°
65°48°
64°51°
61°49°
As of 4:00 AM in Long Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Long Beach
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Long Island Region (NY), 13 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone24Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 15
- 30TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Long Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Long Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 182°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44065, 15.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (120°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 9 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from ESE
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:20 AM
- Distance
- 15.0 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 3:20 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°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
Beach
- County
- Nassau County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.5834° N
- Longitude
- 73.6660° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Long Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Reynolds Channel AT Reynolds ChannelREYN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.3 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SchodackNY003
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oceanside 1.2 NWNY-NS-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SyossetSYON6
At a cooperative observer's station/18.8 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Long Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Long Beachcity, under 1 mi
- Harbor Islecommunity, 1 mi
- Island Parkvillage, 2 mi
- Barnum Islandcommunity, 2 mi
- East Atlantic Beachcommunity, 2 mi
- Lido Beachcommunity, 2 mi
- Hewlett Neckvillage, 3 mi
- Bay Parkcommunity, 3 mi
- Atlantic Beachvillage, 4 mi
- Hewlett Harborvillage, 4 mi
- Woodsburghvillage, 4 mi
- Lawrencevillage, 4 mi
Beaches near Long Beach
- Harbor Isle Beach2 mi
- East Atlantic Beach2 mi
- Hicks Beach2 mi
- Lido Beach3 mi
- Nickerson Beach Park3 mi
- Atlantic Beach3 mi
- Short Beach6 mi
- Jones Beach9 mi