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At an airfield/3.4 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Weekapaug Beach
Weekapaug Beach, Rhode Island
Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island50°
69°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 49°·Light air 4 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 81% around 12 PM.
Now. Weekapaug Beach is 50° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 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
14Air quality
67%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
50feels49
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6947
86%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5342
83%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5635
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5940
13%
Tue
Oct 20
6343
14%
Wed
Oct 21
6245
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5943
partly cloudy day
50°
69°47°
53°42°
56°35°
59°40°
63°43°
62°45°
59°43°
As of 1:00 AM in Weekapaug Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
The air at Weekapaug Beach
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 15 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good17.7 mi
- Ozone-3 ppb19.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good17.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 15
- 22TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Weekapaug 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 Weekapaug Beach, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 138°
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
- 41.3303° N
- Longitude
- 71.7384° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Weekapaug 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
Coastal Rhode Island AT Watch Hill CoveWHLR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.4 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW8163DW8163
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/14.1 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Westerly 4.2 ESERI-WS-91
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.9 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), 14.9 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 Weekapaug Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Weekapaugcommunity, 2 mi
- Quonochontaugcommunity, 2 mi
- Misquamicutcommunity, 4 mi
- Bradfordcommunity, 4 mi
- Westerlytown, 6 mi
- Watch Hillcommunity, 6 mi
- Ashawaycommunity, 7 mi
- Charlestowncommunity, 7 mi
- Hopkintoncommunity, 10 mi
- Carolinacommunity, 10 mi
- Hope Valleycommunity, 13 mi
- Wyomingcommunity, 13 mi