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Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach, Rhode Island

Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island

Air quality

The air at Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 14 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good19.7 mi
  • Ozone34Good29 ppb17.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-19.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach

0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.13in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.

FriSatSun
Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 1:21 PM, daylight, overcast, waves about 5.0 ft every 9 s, the tide falling at 2.4 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.120130SE140150Facing SE 134°Sun 61° rightWind 13 mphfrom SSW, along the beach
Looking SE from the sand at 1:21 PM, daylight, overcast, waves about 5.0 ft every 9 s, the tide falling at 2.4 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SE 134°

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 2.4 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 2.4 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
41.3393° N
Longitude
71.6981° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sam Ferretti Blue Shutters Town Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WesterlyWST

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station DW8163DW8163

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

NinigretNINR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.8 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Kingston 1 W54797

At a climate reference station/12.2 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Charlestown 3.0 WSWRI-WS-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/27 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

KingstonKGNR1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/113 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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