BeaufortARW
At an airfield/10.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Fripp Island beach
Fripp Island beach, South Carolina
Beach in Beaufort County, South CarolinaSpecial Weather Statement, in full
Gusty north winds will impact the region today in the wake of a strong cold front. Winds on some of the taller bridges and elevated roadways around the Charleston, Beaufort and Savannah Metro Areas and nearby barrier islands, could see gusts as high as 40 mph at times making for hazardous driving conditions. Some of these bridges include the Ravenel Bridge, the Don Holt Bridge, the James B. Edwards Bridge, the Ben Sawyer Bridge, the Isle of Palms connector, the James Island Connector, the Amos Nathaniel Rodgers Bridge, the McKinley Washington Junior Bridge, the Woods Memorial Bridge, the Edward Burton Rodgers Bridge, the Harbor River Bridge and the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. Vehicles driving on these bridges should use extra caution, particularly high profile vehicles.
Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, TV or your local news source for the latest information from the National Weather Service.
73°
67°/62°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 11 mph WNW
Alert. A Special Weather Statement is in force for Fripp Island beach until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Fripp Island beach is 73° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 61° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:59 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
56Air quality
73%Humidity
14%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
73feels73
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 17
6762
50%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6551
19mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6853
16mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7254
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7356
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7256
UV 6
Fri
Oct 23
7356
UV 6
73°
67°62°
65°51°
68°53°
72°54°
73°56°
72°56°
73°56°
As of 5:00 AM in Fripp Island beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Fripp Island beach
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 36 miles off.
56Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
- Ozone21Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fripp Island beach
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. 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 Fripp Island beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 186°
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 Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- Low
Surf zone forecast
Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, including Hunting Island, Fripp Island, Hilton Head Island, Daufuskie Island, and Edisto Beach. Issued 5:08 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Weather | Partly sunny. A chance of showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph | Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph |
| Tides | Hilton Head IslandLow, 6:44 AMHigh, 1:35 PM | Hilton Head IslandLow, 7:36 AMHigh, 2:28 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Beaufort County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 32.3078° N
- Longitude
- 80.5013° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Fripp Island beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Hilton Head Island - Met EastHHES1
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW9658FW9658
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.6 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pritchards Island 2.4 ENESC-BF-143
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
In a park or preserve/14.8 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Fripp Island beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fripp Islandcommunity, 1 mi
- Harbor Islandcommunity, 8 mi
- Port Royaltown, 12 mi
- Beaufortcity, 13 mi
- Shell Pointcommunity, 15 mi
- Edisto Islandtown, 15 mi
- Edisto Beachtown, 16 mi
- Burtoncommunity, 16 mi
- Hilton Head Islandcity, 18 mi
- Laurel Baycommunity, 20 mi
- Seabrookcommunity, 21 mi
- Dalecommunity, 21 mi
Beaches near Fripp Island beach
- Hunting Island Beach5 mi
- The Sands12 mi
- Burckmyers Beach12 mi
- Mitchelville Beach12 mi
- Burkmeyer Beach12 mi
- Enlisted Beach Park12 mi
- Islanders Beach Park13 mi
- Folly Field Beach13 mi