Citizen station FW6647FW6647
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/761 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Pennsylvania/Barracks Beach
Barracks Beach, Pennsylvania
Beach in Erie County, Pennsylvania* WHAT...Southwest winds becoming Northwest 15 to 25 knots and waves 5 to 8 feet expected. * WHERE...The nearshore waters of Lake Erie from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY. * WHEN...From 2 AM Friday to 11 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
61°
67°/46°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Barracks Beach until 11 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 66% around 3 AM.
Now. Barracks Beach is 61° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 62°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 67°, and the coolest Saturday, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%). Rain is possible Saturday (31%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
18Air quality
81%Humidity
50%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
61feels61
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6746
58%
Fri
Oct 16
6759
93%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5039
31%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
6038
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6440
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6443
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6444
mostly clear day
61°
67°46°
67°59°
50°39°
60°38°
64°40°
64°43°
64°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Barracks Beach, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Barracks Beach
Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Erie (PA), 3 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good5.8 mi
- Ozone14Good11 ppb5.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 14
- 18TodayOct 15
- 15FriOct 16
- 4SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barracks Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Barracks Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Erie County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Latitude
- 42.1297° N
- Longitude
- 80.1469° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Barracks Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/3.8 mi away/738 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Manchester BeachWCRP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/682 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-90 near Clark Rd Overpass Erie PA US PADOTPA073
Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,096 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Erie 3.5 WSWPA-ER-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/665 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Filtration PlantUCYP1
At a water treatment plant/23.2 mi away/1,371 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 Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Allegheny National ForestfeatureAllentowncityAltoonacityBlue Mountainski areaCamelbackski areaElk Mountainski areaEriecityHarrisburgcityJack Frost Big Boulderski areaJohnstowncityLaurel Ridge State ParkfeatureLiberty Mountainski areaMontage Mountainski areaPhiladelphiacityPittsburghcityRoundtopski areaScrantoncitySeven Springsski areaShawnee Mountainski areaState CollegetownStroudsburgtownWhitetailski areaWilkes BarrecityWilliamsportcity
Near Barracks Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eriecity, 3 mi
- Wesleyvilleborough, 7 mi
- Lawrence Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- Northwest Harborcreekcommunity, 8 mi
- Avoniacommunity, 8 mi
- Penn State Erie (Behrend)community, 8 mi
- Fairviewcommunity, 9 mi
- McKeanborough, 9 mi
- Girardborough, 12 mi
- Lake Cityborough, 13 mi
- Waterfordborough, 15 mi
- Plateaborough, 15 mi
Beaches near Barracks Beach
- Beach no.6under 1 mi
- Beach no.11 mi
- Beach no.7 Waterworks1 mi
- Beach no.8 Pettinato2 mi
- Mill Road Beaches3 mi
- Beach 10 - Budny4 mi
- Beach 9 - Pine Tree4 mi
- Manchester Beach6 mi