Santee Cooper Country Club, South Carolina

Now. Santee Cooper Country Club is 53° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 10 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. Highs stay close to 72° all week. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 61% lit, and sets at 1:53 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.