Citizen station FW0884FW0884
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/149 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sound Beach - West Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York57°
71°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (61%).
Now. Sound Beach - West Beach is 57° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:01 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
79%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
57feels57
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7150
95%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5443
77%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5537
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5941
15%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6443
16%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6346
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
6145
10%
16mph
57°
71°50°
54°43°
55°37°
59°41°
64°43°
63°46°
61°45°
As of 5:00 AM in Sound Beach - West Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at Sound Beach - West Beach
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 19 miles off.
16Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good10.8 mi
- Ozone-28 ppb10.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good18.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.5 ppb21.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb18.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sound Beach - West Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.01 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.01in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sound Beach - West Beach, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 12 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 321°
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
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- ESE (109°)
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:40 AM
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (109°) |
| Fri 2:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 1:40 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SE (126°) |
| Fri 12:40 AM | 2.3 ft | 10 s | E (100°) |
| Thu 11:40 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | ENE (71°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.9666° N
- Longitude
- 72.9689° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sound Beach - West Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 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/11.3 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/0.3 mi away/107 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mt SinaiMSIN6
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 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), 3.5 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 Sound Beach - West 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
- Shorehamvillage, 3 mi
- Mount Sinaicommunity, 3 mi
- East Shorehamcommunity, 4 mi
- Port Jeffersonvillage, 5 mi
- Belle Terrevillage, 5 mi
- Port Jefferson Stationcommunity, 6 mi
- Ridgecommunity, 6 mi
- Middle Islandcommunity, 6 mi
- Terryvillecommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Sound Beach - West Beach
- Scotts Beachunder 1 mi
- Sound Beach - East Beachunder 1 mi
- Cedar Beachunder 1 mi
- Tides Beachunder 1 mi
- Sound Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- Woodhull Landing Beachunder 1 mi
- Miller Place Beach2 mi
- North Shore Beach2 mi