WesterlyWST
At an airfield/3.0 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Weekapaug Inn Beach
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM (64%).
Now. Weekapaug Inn Beach is 55° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 9 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 2 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 (75%). 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.
As of 5:00 AM in Weekapaug Inn Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing SSE 147°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Washington RI.
Washington RI, including Narragansett, Charlestown, and Westerly. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 3 to 7 feet | 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 15 mph | North winds around 15 mph |
| Tides | 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 | Watch 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 |
The 6 instruments nearest Weekapaug Inn Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WesterlyWST
At an airfield/3.0 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coastal Rhode Island AT Watch Hill CoveWHLR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.7 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW8163DW8163
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/14.7 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Westerly 2.4 SERI-WS-93
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/97 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Block IslandBIDR1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.1 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Block Island (BIDR1), 15.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.