Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/6.0 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Tankards Beach, Virginia
Beach in Northampton County, Virginia* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and waves 3 to 6 ft possible. * WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA, Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA, Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA and Chesapeake Bay from Little Creek VA to Cape Henry VA including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. * WHEN...From late Friday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous waves 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 waves.
65°
84°/63°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Light air 4 mph SE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Tankards Beach until 11 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (72%).
Now. Tankards Beach is 65° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
87%Humidity
88%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
65feels65
14%
Today
Oct 16
8463
75%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5951
93%
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
6047
19%
22mph
Mon
Oct 19
6351
28%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
6652
19%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6654
15%
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6554
16%
15mph
65°
84°63°
59°51°
60°47°
63°51°
66°52°
66°54°
65°54°
As of 2:00 AM in Tankards Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Tankards Beach
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 40 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tankards Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Tankards Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 304°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Northampton County
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 37.3471° N
- Longitude
- 76.0019° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Tankards Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
KiptopekeNDBC-KPTV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/24.6 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW0350CW0350
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.3 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Eastville 5.0 NNWVA-NH-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PainterPAIV2
At a cooperative observer's station/19.1 mi away/26 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 Tankards Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eastvilletown, 3 mi
- Cheritontown, 4 mi
- Cape Charlestown, 5 mi
- Franktowncommunity, 11 mi
- Nassawadoxtown, 12 mi
- Willis Wharfcommunity, 16 mi
- Exmoretown, 16 mi
- Belle Haventown, 17 mi
- Savage Towncommunity, 18 mi
- Mathewscommunity, 18 mi
- Gwynncommunity, 19 mi
- Bostoncommunity, 19 mi
Beaches near Tankards Beach
- Wilkins Beachunder 1 mi
- Smith Beach1 mi
- Hungars Beach3 mi
- Kiptopeke Beach13 mi
- Bethel Beach14 mi
- Aaron Beach15 mi
- Myrtle Island Beach15 mi
- Haven Beach15 mi