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Longmeadow Beach, Rhode Island

Beach in Kent County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Longmeadow Beach

Index 35, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Providence (RI), 10 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good7.9 mi
  • Ozone16Good12 ppb9.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.4 ppb9.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb9.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm9.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Longmeadow Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Longmeadow Beach, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSat
Longmeadow Beach from its sand, nowLooking E from the sand at 12:24 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 8 s.80E100110Facing E 97°Wind 4 mphfrom SSE, onshoreSwell 1.0 ft from ELongshore current, to the right
Looking E from the sand at 12:24 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 8 s.
NESW

Facing E 97°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44013, 57.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44013, Boston

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
8 s
From
E (87°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 8 s from E
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from NE
Water
58 °F
Read
Thu 11:50 PM
Distance
57.6 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.

Wave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (87°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.3 ft10 sE (96°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft5 sNE (52°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNNE (32°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNE (37°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sNE (34°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft5 sNE (41°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.6 ft7 sE (87°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (15°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.0 ft4 sNNW (348°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.3 ft3 sNNW (337°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNW (315°)
Thu 7:20 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (313°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (317°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNW (317°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.3 ft4 sNW (320°)
Thu 3:20 AM4.3 ft4 sNNW (328°)
Thu 2:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNNW (335°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft3 sNNW (334°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft6 sE (101°)

Beach

County
Kent County
State
Rhode Island
Latitude
41.7023° N
Longitude
71.3645° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Longmeadow Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW3855GW3855

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Providence/GreenPVD

At an airfield/3.8 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Prudence Island WeatherNAXR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Kingston 1 NW54796

At a climate reference station/17.2 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Warwick 2.8 ERI-KN-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Prudence Island WeatherNAXR1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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