Lake Rudee Near Bells Road At Virginia Beach0204297575
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sandbridge Beach, Virginia
Beach in Virginia Beach city, Virginia* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 6 to 11 ft possible. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia- North Carolina border out 20 NM. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
66°
74°/67°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Sandbridge Beach until 2 AM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow night, from about 11 PM, the chance peaking at 71% around 3 AM.
Now. Sandbridge Beach is 66° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 65°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Saturday, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (54%) and Saturday (89%). Rain is possible Monday (36%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 18 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
84%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
66feels66
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
7467
10%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
8765
54%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6354
89%
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
6450
28%
28mph
Mon
Oct 19
6654
36%
25mph
Tue
Oct 20
6754
22%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
6755
19%
23mph
66°
74°67°
87°65°
63°54°
64°50°
66°54°
67°54°
67°55°
As of 10:00 PM in Sandbridge Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Sandbridge Beach
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 29 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
- Ozone24Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 53FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandbridge Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Sandbridge Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 87°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44056, 45.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF
- Wave height
- 4.9 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- NE (42°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 4.6 ft at 7 s from NE
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:00 PM
- Distance
- 45.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 7 s | NE (42°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 1:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (104°) |
| Thu 12:30 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (105°) |
| Wed 11:30 PM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | ESE (109°) |
Beach
- City
- Virginia Beach city
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 36.8295° N
- Longitude
- 75.9690° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sandbridge Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/3.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW1337EW1337
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/31.9 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Virginia Beach 7.6 NNEVA-VBC-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/30 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 Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Sandbridge Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Virginia Beachcity, 1 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 18 mi
- Norfolkcity, 18 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 21 mi
- Hamptoncity, 26 mi
- Cape Charlestown, 30 mi
- Poquosoncity, 31 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 31 mi
- Cheritontown, 32 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 32 mi
- Suffolkcity, 33 mi
- Newport Newscity, 35 mi
Beaches near Sandbridge Beach
- Seabreeze Beach3 mi
- Surfing Beach3 mi
- Shifting Sands Beach3 mi
- Bay Colony Dog Beach4 mi
- Fishing & Dog Beach4 mi
- Sylvan Beach9 mi
- Chesapeake Beach Park11 mi
- Chix Beach11 mi