Citizen station EW5610EW5610
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/190 ft/185 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/Connecticut/Gillette Castle State Park
Gillette Castle State Park, Connecticut
State Park in Connecticut* WHAT...South winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 1 to 3 feet expected. * WHERE...The south shore and eastern bays of Long Island, and Long Island Sound East of the Mouth of the Connecticut River. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
53°
71°/51°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 53°·Light air 4 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Gillette Castle State Park until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM (78%).
Now. Gillette Castle State Park is 53° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 4 mph, gusting to 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:07 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:56 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
14Air quality
83%Humidity
82%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
53feels53
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7151
94%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5447
81%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5736
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6041
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6545
12%
Wed
Oct 21
6447
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6044
partly cloudy day
53°
71°51°
54°47°
57°36°
60°41°
65°45°
64°47°
60°44°
As of 3:00 AM in Gillette Castle State Park, Connecticut.
Air quality
The air at Gillette Castle State Park
Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, New London-Groton (CT), 21 miles off.
14Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- 22TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gillette Castle State 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 Gillette Castle State Park, the next 42 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 5 ft
- County
- -
- State
- Connecticut
- Latitude
- 41.4235° N
- Longitude
- 72.4310° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Gillette Castle State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
ChesterSNC
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/416 ft/411 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/190 ft/185 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coginchaug River AT CoginchaugCOGC3
At a river or reservoir gauge/15.7 mi away/154 ft/149 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chester Center 2.9 NNECT-MD-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/303 ft/298 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
GuilfordGULC3
At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/24 ft/19 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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