Meteorological STN At Fs 8 At Virginia Beach365154076020100
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bay Colony Dog Beach, Virginia
Beach in Virginia Beach city, Virginia66°
87°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Light air 3 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 72% around 3 AM.
Now. Bay Colony Dog Beach is 66° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 7 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%). Rain is possible Monday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 27 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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 day is 11 hours 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
90%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8765
56%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6354
90%
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
6350
28%
27mph
Mon
Oct 19
6654
36%
25mph
Tue
Oct 20
6754
22%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
6755
19%
23mph
Thu
Oct 22
6755
20%
19mph
66°
87°65°
63°54°
63°50°
66°54°
67°54°
67°55°
67°55°
As of 1:00 AM in Bay Colony Dog Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Bay Colony Dog Beach
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 26 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good16.1 mi
- Ozone23Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good16.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.9 ppb16.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb16.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0 ppm16.1 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bay Colony Dog Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Bay Colony Dog Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 128°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44056, 49.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- NE (39°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 13 s from ENE
- Wind waves
- 3.6 ft at 7 s from NE
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:00 AM
- Distance
- 49.4 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1:00 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 12:30 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | NE (51°) |
| Thu 11:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 7 s | NE (42°) |
| Thu 10:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| Thu 9:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (46°) |
| Thu 8:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 6:30 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (29°) |
| Thu 5:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 4:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 3:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | NNE (14°) |
| Thu 2:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Thu 1:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 12:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 11:30 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 10:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 9:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 8:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (88°) |
| Thu 7:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 6:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 5:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (94°) |
| Thu 4:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (77°) |
| Thu 3:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (103°) |
| Thu 2:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 9 s | E (90°) |
Beach
- City
- Virginia Beach city
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 36.8743° N
- Longitude
- 76.0079° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Bay Colony Dog Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/4.0 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW4557DW4557
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/29.1 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Virginia Beach 9.8 NNEVA-VBC-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/30 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 Norfolk (NFKV2), 12.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bay Colony Dog Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Virginia Beachcity, 2 mi
- Norfolkcity, 16 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 17 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 19 mi
- Hamptoncity, 23 mi
- Cape Charlestown, 27 mi
- Poquosoncity, 27 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 28 mi
- Cheritontown, 29 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 29 mi
- Newport Newscity, 31 mi
- Suffolkcity, 32 mi
Beaches near Bay Colony Dog Beach
- Sandbridge Beach4 mi
- Sylvan Beach5 mi
- Seabreeze Beach6 mi
- Surfing Beach7 mi
- Shifting Sands Beach7 mi
- Chesapeake Beach Park7 mi
- Fishing & Dog Beach7 mi
- Chix Beach8 mi