At an airfield/1.8 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Scotch Beach
Scotch 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.
54°
68°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Scotch 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 11 AM, the chance peaking at 75% around 12 PM.
Now. Scotch Beach is 54° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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
67%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6850
84%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5445
91%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5540
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
5846
16%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6048
22%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
5949
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
5747
11%
18mph
54°
68°50°
54°45°
55°40°
58°46°
60°48°
59°49°
57°47°
As of 12:00 AM in Scotch Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Scotch Beach
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 20 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good22.2 mi
- Ozone32Good34 ppb22.2 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 Scotch 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 Scotch Beach, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 105°
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
- 41.1932° N
- Longitude
- 71.5639° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Scotch Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8194FW8194
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/130 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
NinigretNINR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/19.2 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/1.1 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 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), 2.4 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 Scotch 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 Scotch Beach
- Crescent Beachunder 1 mi
- Mosquito Beachunder 1 mi
- Mansion Beachunder 1 mi
- Block Island State Beachunder 1 mi
- Fred Benson Town Beachunder 1 mi
- Baby Beach1 mi
- Surf Beach1 mi
- Ballards Beach1 mi