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Ocean View Beach Park, Virginia

Beach in Norfolk city, Virginia

Air quality

The air at Ocean View Beach Park

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 13 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ocean View Beach Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Ocean View Beach Park, the next 42 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat
Ocean View Beach Park from its sand, nowLooking NE from the sand at 3:17 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.6 ft every 7 s.3040NE5060Facing NE 45°Wind 2 mphfrom SSE, along the beachSwell 2.6 ft from NE
Looking NE from the sand at 3:17 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.6 ft every 7 s.
NESW

Facing NE 45°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44056, 60.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
7 s
From
NE (41°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 10 s from ENE
Wind waves
3.3 ft at 7 s from NE
Water
71 °F
Read
Fri 2:30 AM
Distance
60.0 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.

Wave height at buoy 44056, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 2:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri3.3 ftWave height at buoy 44056, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 2:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 2:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 2:30 AM3.3 ft7 sNE (41°)
Fri 1:30 AM3.6 ft7 sNE (37°)
Fri 12:30 AM3.9 ft7 sNE (51°)
Thu 11:30 PM4.3 ft7 sNE (42°)
Thu 10:30 PM4.6 ft7 sNE (45°)
Thu 9:30 PM4.6 ft7 sNE (46°)
Thu 8:30 PM4.6 ft6 sNE (34°)
Thu 7:00 PM4.9 ft6 sNNE (25°)
Thu 6:30 PM4.9 ft6 sNNE (29°)
Thu 5:30 PM4.6 ft6 sNNE (25°)
Thu 4:30 PM4.6 ft6 sNNE (20°)
Thu 3:30 PM4.3 ft6 sNNE (14°)
Thu 2:30 PM3.9 ft5 sNNE (13°)
Thu 1:30 PM3.9 ft4 sNNE (23°)
Thu 12:30 PM3.0 ft4 sNNE (20°)
Thu 11:30 AM2.0 ft3 sN (7°)
Thu 10:30 AM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 9:30 AM1.0 ft8 sE (96°)
Thu 8:30 AM1.0 ft8 sE (88°)
Thu 7:30 AM1.3 ft9 sENE (76°)
Thu 6:30 AM1.3 ft8 sESE (103°)
Thu 5:30 AM1.3 ft8 sE (94°)
Thu 4:30 AM1.3 ft9 sENE (77°)
Thu 3:30 AM1.3 ft8 sESE (103°)

Beach

City
Norfolk city
State
Virginia
Latitude
36.9537° N
Longitude
76.2506° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ocean View Beach Park, 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

Norfolk NAS/ChamberNGU

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station FW5964FW5964

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Sewells PointNDBC-SWPV2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Cape Charles 5 ENE03739

At a climate reference station/29.5 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Norfolk 1.6 NNWVA-NRC-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

NorfolkNFKV2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Norfolk (NFKV2), 5.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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