Citizen station FW0884FW0884
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/149 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Scotts Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York* WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas around 2 feet expected. * WHERE...Long Island Sound from Port Jefferson and New Haven east to Orient Point and the Connecticut River. * WHEN...From 11 AM to 6 PM EDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
52°
63°/51°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 52°·Light air 4 mph SE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Scotts Beach until 6 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM (63%).
Now. Scotts Beach is 52° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 53°, 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 (83%).
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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
77%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
52feels52
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
6351
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7151
96%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5443
83%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5637
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5941
13%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6443
16%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6346
16mph
52°
63°51°
71°51°
54°43°
56°37°
59°41°
64°43°
63°46°
As of 11:00 PM in Scotts Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Scotts Beach
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 18 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 53YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 33FriOct 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 Scotts Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 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
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Scotts Beach, the next 46 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 343°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44025, 50.1 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
- 50.1 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
- 40.9665° N
- Longitude
- 72.9751° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Scotts Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001
Beside a road/10.1 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.4 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sound Beach 0.8 NNWNY-SF-139
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/107 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mt SinaiMSIN6
At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/171 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 Mt Sinai (MSIN6), 3.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Scotts Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sound Beachcommunity, 1 mi
- Miller Placecommunity, 2 mi
- Rocky Pointcommunity, 2 mi
- Mount Sinaicommunity, 3 mi
- Shorehamvillage, 4 mi
- East Shorehamcommunity, 5 mi
- Port Jeffersonvillage, 5 mi
- Belle Terrevillage, 5 mi
- Port Jefferson Stationcommunity, 5 mi
- Terryvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Middle Islandcommunity, 6 mi
- Coramcommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Scotts Beach
- Sound Beach - West Beachunder 1 mi
- Woodhull Landing Beachunder 1 mi
- Sound Beach - East Beachunder 1 mi
- Sound Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Cedar Beach1 mi
- Tides Beach1 mi
- Miller Place Beach2 mi
- North Shore Beach3 mi