Citizen station FW7551FW7551
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/68 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
White Beach, New York
Beach in Suffolk County, New York* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt. * WHERE...Long Island Sound west of Port Jefferson and New Haven, and New York Harbor. * WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 PM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
62°
53°/43°
Rain·
Feels like 62°·Light breeze 8 mph NW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for White Beach until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 5 AM (55%).
Now. White Beach is 62° and rain at 12 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 45° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 3 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. 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 11:01 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
78%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
31%
Today
Oct 17
5343
70%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5538
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6042
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6444
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6146
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
6044
18%
17mph
Fri
Oct 23
6346
17%
14mph
62°
53°43°
55°38°
60°42°
64°44°
61°46°
60°44°
63°46°
As of 12:00 AM in White Beach, New York.
Air quality
The air at White Beach
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bridgeport (CT), 16 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good15.4 mi
- Ozone-27 ppb18.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good15.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb17.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm24.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 16
- 17TodayOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
- 28MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at White Beach
0.52 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.52in
- Last 3 days
- 0.52in
Visibility
How far you can see at White Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 38°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44025, 49.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44025, Long Island
- Wave height
- 4.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- SSE (168°)
- Water
- 64 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:40 PM
- Distance
- 49.5 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 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°) |
| Fri 11:40 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (119°) |
| Fri 10:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ESE (115°) |
| Fri 9:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (104°) |
| Fri 8:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (125°) |
| Fri 7:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 6:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 5:40 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | E (100°) |
| Fri 4:40 AM | 3.0 ft | 3 s | SE (131°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- New York
- Latitude
- 40.9690° N
- Longitude
- 73.0662° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest White Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-495 EB @ Rte 112NY001
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/12.2 mi away/98 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Watch Hill - Great Southern BayFIRN6
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.6 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Port Jefferson Station 0.6 ENENY-SF-94
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/184 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 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near White Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Belle Terrevillage, 1 mi
- Poquottvillage, 2 mi
- Port Jeffersonvillage, 2 mi
- Port Jefferson Stationcommunity, 3 mi
- Setauketcommunity, 3 mi
- Old Fieldvillage, 4 mi
- East Setauketcommunity, 4 mi
- Mount Sinaicommunity, 4 mi
- Miller Placecommunity, 4 mi
- Terryvillecommunity, 4 mi
- Sound Beachcommunity, 5 mi
- Stony Brook Universitycommunity, 5 mi