At an airfield/6.1 mi away/135 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wallops Beach, Virginia
Beach in Accomack County, Virginia* WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and seas 7 to 10 ft possible. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chincoteague VA out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Chincoteague to Parramore Island VA out 20 NM, Waters from Fenwick Island DE to Chintoteague VA from 20 to 60 NM, Waters from Chincoteague VA to Parramore Island VA from 20 to 60 NM and Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NM. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Sunday morning. * 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.
63°
68°/62°
Overcast·
Feels like 63°·Gentle breeze 8 mph E
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Wallops Beach until 11 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow night, from about 11 PM (66%).
Now. Wallops Beach is 63° and overcast at 10 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the east at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 62°, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%) and Saturday (86%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 23 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 south-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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
84%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
63feels63
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
6862
50%
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
8062
66%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5849
86%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6044
23mph
Mon
Oct 19
6348
29%
23mph
Tue
Oct 20
6550
20%
19mph
Wed
Oct 21
6551
16%
23mph
63°
68°62°
80°62°
58°49°
60°44°
63°48°
65°50°
65°51°
As of 10:00 PM in Wallops Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Wallops Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 58 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone23Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wallops 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 Wallops Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 146°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Accomack County
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 37.8521° N
- Longitude
- 75.4669° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Wallops Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
WachapreagueNDBC-WAHV2
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wallops Island 2.2 WNWVA-AC-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PainterPAIV2
At a cooperative observer's station/26.9 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wallops Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Atlanticcommunity, 4 mi
- Temperancevillecommunity, 5 mi
- Mappsvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Modest Towncommunity, 6 mi
- Wattsvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Oak Hallcommunity, 7 mi
- Hallwoodtown, 7 mi
- Horntowncommunity, 7 mi
- Chincoteaguetown, 7 mi
- Nelsoniacommunity, 7 mi
- Makemie Parkcommunity, 8 mi
- Gargathacommunity, 8 mi
Beaches near Wallops Beach
- Gargathy Beach7 mi
- Bow Beach11 mi
- Guard Shore12 mi
- Snead Beach15 mi
- Cedar Island Beach17 mi
- Sound Beach21 mi
- Parramore Beach22 mi
- Neals Beach42 mi