At an airfield/1.7 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Crescent Beach
Crescent Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
48°
53°/45°
Light rain·
Feels like 42°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Crescent Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM (67%).
Now. Crescent Beach is 48° and light rain at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:53 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
24Air quality
83%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
48feels42
67%
15mph
Today
Oct 17
5345
57%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5541
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
5746
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
5947
15%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
5749
16%
23mph
Thu
Oct 22
5848
25%
20mph
Fri
Oct 23
5948
19%
18mph
48°
53°45°
55°41°
57°46°
59°47°
57°49°
58°48°
59°48°
As of 7:00 AM in Crescent Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Crescent Beach
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 20 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good22.2 mi
- Ozone19Good20 ppb22.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 16
- 35TodayOct 17
- 36SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
- 30TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Crescent Beach
0.37 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.37in
- Last 3 days
- 0.37in
Visibility
How far you can see at Crescent Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 9 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 106°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
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 Block Island RI.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 4 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 60s
- UV index
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Block Island RI, including Block Island. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 4 to 6 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 4 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 50s | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph | Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph |
| Tides | High 2.6 ft, 12:47 PM | Low 1.0 ft, 6:35 AMHigh 2.5 ft, 1:47 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 11 to 14 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 9 to 12 feet. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 9 to 12 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Windy. Northeast winds around 30 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.1912° N
- Longitude
- 71.5634° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Crescent Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8194FW8194
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/130 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
NinigretNINR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/19.3 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
New Shoreham 2.4 NNERI-WS-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.3 mi away/3 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 Block Island (BIDR1), 2.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Rhode Island
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Crescent Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Block Islandfeature, under 1 mi
- Point Judithfeature, 13 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 13 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 13 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 15 mi
- Misquamicutcommunity, 16 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 17 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 17 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 17 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 18 mi
- Westerlytown, 19 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 19 mi
Beaches near Crescent Beach
- Scotch Beachunder 1 mi
- Mosquito Beachunder 1 mi
- Block Island State Beachunder 1 mi
- Mansion Beachunder 1 mi
- Fred Benson Town Beachunder 1 mi
- Baby Beach1 mi
- Surf Beach1 mi
- Ballards Beach1 mi