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Captain Roger W Wheeler State Beach, Rhode Island

Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Captain Roger W Wheeler State Beach

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 8 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good9.5 mi
  • Ozone36Good35 ppb9.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Captain Roger W Wheeler State Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. 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 Captain Roger W Wheeler State Beach, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.

FriSat
Captain Roger W Wheeler State Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 8:14 AM, daylight, overcast, waves about 5.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 0.9 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.240250260WFacing WSW 251°Sun 137° leftWind 11 mphfrom S, along the beach
Looking WSW from the sand at 8:14 AM, daylight, overcast, waves about 5.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 0.9 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing WSW 251°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Washington RI.

Today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
3 to 7 feet
Water temperature
In the mid 60s
UV index
Low

Surf zone forecast

Washington RI, including Narragansett, Charlestown, and Westerly. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf height3 to 7 feet4 to 6 feet
Water temperatureIn the mid 60s-
UV indexLow-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherCloudy. Patchy fog. ShowersMostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the upper 60sIn the lower 50s
WindsSouth winds around 15 mphNorth winds around 15 mph
TidesWatch Hill PointLow 0.5 ft, 6:12 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 1:04 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)High 3.0 ft, 12:11 PMNarragansett PierHigh 2.9 ft, 12:12 PMWatch Hill PointLow 0.6 ft, 6:59 AMHigh 2.2 ft, 1:54 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)Low 0.8 ft, 6:02 AMHigh 2.8 ft, 1:01 PMNarragansett PierHigh 2.7 ft, 1:02 PM
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Monday
Surf height around 3 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Tuesday
Surf height around 3 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 15 mph

Tide

Tide at Watch Hill PointLow 0.5 ft at Fri 6:12 AM, High 2.4 ft at Fri 1:04 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Sat 6:59 AM, High 2.2 ft at Sat 1:54 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 AMNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon0.5 ft6:12 AM2.4 ft1:04 PM0.6 ft6:59 AM2.2 ft1:54 PMNow 0.9 ftTide at Watch Hill PointLow 0.5 ft at Fri 6:12 AM, High 2.4 ft at Fri 1:04 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Sat 6:59 AM, High 2.2 ft at Sat 1:54 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonSatNoon0.5 ft6:12 AM2.4 ft1:04 PM0.6 ft6:59 AM2.2 ft1:54 PMNow 0.9 ft
Tide at Watch Hill Point. Low 0.5 ft at Fri 6:12 AM, High 2.4 ft at Fri 1:04 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Sat 6:59 AM, High 2.2 ft at Sat 1:54 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Washington County
State
Rhode Island
Latitude
41.3709° N
Longitude
71.4967° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Captain Roger W Wheeler State Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

NinigretNINR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Kingston 1 W54797

At a climate reference station/7.2 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Citizen station DW8163DW8163

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Block Island (AWOS)BID

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Narragansett 4.3 SWRI-WS-57

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

KingstonKGNR1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/113 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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