At an airfield/4.2 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/North Ligth Beach
North Ligth Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island53°
59°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 53°·Light breeze 7 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 69% around 1 PM.
Now. North Ligth Beach is 53° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 53°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Saturday, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (85%) and Saturday (89%).
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 south-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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
73%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
53feels53
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5950
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
6850
85%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5445
89%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5539
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5845
15%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6147
20%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6048
17mph
53°
59°50°
68°50°
54°45°
55°39°
58°45°
61°47°
60°48°
As of 10:00 PM in North Ligth Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at North Ligth Beach
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 18 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good20 mi
- Ozone38Good32 ppb20 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 35TodayOct 15
- 39FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 11SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at North Ligth 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 North Ligth Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 27°
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 Block Island RI.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 60s
- UV index
- Moderate
Surf zone forecast
Block Island RI, including Block Island. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 60s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | Low |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms |
| High temperature | In the lower 60s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | East winds around 10 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | High 2.9 ft, 11:08 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:06 PM | High 2.7 ft, 11:53 AM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 5 to 7 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs around 60. Southeast winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.2301° N
- Longitude
- 71.5753° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest North Ligth Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8194FW8194
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/130 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
NinigretNINR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.6 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/16.7 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/1.6 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 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), 5.0 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 North Ligth Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Block Islandfeature, 3 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 10 mi
- Point Judithfeature, 10 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 11 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 13 mi
- Misquamicutcommunity, 14 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 15 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 15 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 15 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 15 mi
- Westerlytown, 17 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 17 mi
Beaches near North Ligth Beach
- West Beachunder 1 mi
- North Light Beachunder 1 mi
- Mansion Beach2 mi
- Mosquito Beach3 mi
- Charleston Beach3 mi
- Scotch Beach3 mi
- Crescent Beach3 mi
- Block Island State Beach3 mi