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At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Matunuck Beach
Matunuck Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode IslandGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 4 to 6 feet expected. For the Gale Watch, northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 4 to 6 feet possible. * WHERE...Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 6 AM to 6 PM EDT Friday. For the Gale Watch, from Friday evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and waves.
51°
68°/48°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 5 mph SE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Matunuck Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 82% around 1 PM.
Now. Matunuck Beach is 51° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (84%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:53 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
77%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
51feels51
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6848
84%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5343
84%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5535
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5941
13%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6243
15%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6145
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
5843
13mph
51°
68°48°
53°43°
55°35°
59°41°
62°43°
61°45°
58°43°
As of 12:00 AM in Matunuck Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Matunuck Beach
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 8 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good10.8 mi
- Ozone32Good34 ppb10.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 39TodayOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 11SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Matunuck Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Matunuck Beach, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 188°
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 Washington RI.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 60s
- UV index
- Moderate
Surf zone forecast
Washington RI, including Narragansett, Charlestown, and Westerly. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 60s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 60s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Watch Hill PointHigh 2.6 ft, 12:16 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)High 3.2 ft, 11:29 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:37 PMNarragansett PierHigh 3.2 ft, 11:24 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:15 PM | Watch 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 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 15 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Patchy frost. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs around 60. Southwest winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.3737° N
- Longitude
- 71.5451° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Matunuck Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW8163DW8163
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/6.7 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
WesterlyWST
At an airfield/13.3 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Matunuck 0.7 NWRI-WS-117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingstonKGNR1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/113 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 Rhode Island
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Matunuck Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Point Judithfeature, 3 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 4 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 6 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 6 mi
- Kingstontown, 7 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 9 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 9 mi
- Yawgoo Valleyski area, 10 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 11 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 12 mi
- Wyomingcommunity, 12 mi
- Block Islandfeature, 13 mi
Beaches near Matunuck Beach
- A B Carpenters Beachunder 1 mi
- South Kingstown Town Beachunder 1 mi
- Willow Dell Beachunder 1 mi
- Roy Carpenters Beachunder 1 mi
- East Matunuck State Beachunder 1 mi
- Salty Brine State Beach2 mi
- Galilee Beach Club Beach2 mi
- Sand Hill Cove State Beach2 mi