Citizen station FW8194FW8194
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/130 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Vaills Beach
Vaills Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
63°
68°/50°
Light rain·
Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 12 mph WSW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Vaills Beach until 8 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 80% around 7 AM.
Now. Vaills Beach is 63° and light rain at 9 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-southwest at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (89%). Rain is possible Monday (33%) and Thursday (36%). The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
26Air quality
100%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
63feels63
24%
Today
Oct 16
6850
93%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5345
89%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5440
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
5746
33%
21mph
Tue
Oct 20
5948
28%
19mph
Wed
Oct 21
5949
14%
22mph
Thu
Oct 22
5948
36%
21mph
63°
68°50°
53°45°
54°40°
57°46°
59°48°
59°49°
59°48°
As of 9:00 PM in Vaills Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Vaills Beach
Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 23 miles off.
26Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good25 mi
- Ozone26Good27 ppb25 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 36SunOct 18
- 33MonOct 19
- 30TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Vaills Beach
0.31 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.31in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
Visibility
How far you can see at Vaills Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 165°
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 Block Island RI.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- Around 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 60s
- UV index
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Block Island RI, including Block Island. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | Around 6 feet | 4 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 20 mph | North winds 15 to 25 mph |
| Tides | High 2.7 ft, 11:53 AM | High 2.6 ft, 12:47 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs around 60. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Rhode Island
- Latitude
- 41.1487° N
- Longitude
- 71.5723° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Vaills Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/1.5 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
NinigretNINR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/22.3 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Block Island 0.9 ERI-WS-56
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Block Island (BIDR1), 0.7 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 Vaills Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Block Islandfeature, 3 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 15 mi
- Point Judithfeature, 16 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 16 mi
- Weekapaugcommunity, 17 mi
- Misquamicutcommunity, 18 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 19 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 19 mi
- Narragansett Piercommunity, 20 mi
- Westerlytown, 21 mi
- Wakefield-Peace Dalecommunity, 21 mi
- Ashawaycommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Vaills Beach
- Monhegan Bluffs Beachunder 1 mi
- Black Rock Beach1 mi
- Pebbly Beach2 mi
- Ballards Beach2 mi
- Surf Beach2 mi
- Baby Beach2 mi
- Fred Benson Town Beach2 mi
- Block Island State Beach2 mi