Assateague IslandASTM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/1 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland
Coastal Flood Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 7 to 10 feet in the surf zone. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, one to two feet of inundation above ground level expected in low- lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways. * WHERE...In Maryland, Maryland Beaches. In Virginia, Accomack and Northampton Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 AM EDT Thursday. For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from noon today to 10 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Shallow flooding is expected in the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline resulting in a low threat of property damage. Expect up to one foot of water above ground level in low lying, vulnerable areas. Some roads and low lying property including parking lots, parks and lawns near the waterfront will experience shallow flooding. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion.
If travel is required, allow extra time as some roads may be closed. Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to protect flood-prone property. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.
55°
64°/56°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Coastal Flood Advisory is in force for Assateague Island National Seashore until 10 AM Thursday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Assateague Island National Seashore is 55° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 64°, and the coolest Friday, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing gibbous, 70% lit, and sets at 2:25 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 4 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
28Air quality
79%Humidity
13%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
55feels55
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 20
6456
clear
Wed
Oct 21
6055
partly cloudy
Thu
Oct 22
6450
mostly clear
Fri
Oct 23
5853
mostly clear
Sat
Oct 24
5952
mostly clear
Sun
Oct 25
6154
mostly clear
Mon
Oct 26
6455
mostly clear
As of 4:00 AM in Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Assateague Island National Seashore
Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 44 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
- Ozone25Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 36, good.
GoodModerate
- 36YesterdayOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Assateague Island National Seashore
None in the last 24 hours; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.18in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Assateague Island National Seashore, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- National Seashore
- Area
- 76 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 0 ft
- Also in
- Virginia
- County
- Worcester County
- State
- Maryland
- Latitude
- 38.0562° N
- Longitude
- 75.2408° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Assateague Island National Seashore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW0092GW0092
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.2 mi away/11 ft/11 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-13 at US-113MD070
Beside a road/16.6 mi away/23 ft/23 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/18.5 mi away/13 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Snow Hill 0.4 SMD-WR-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/21 ft/21 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Snow HillSNHM2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/56 ft/56 ft above 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 Maryland
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Assateague Island National Seashore
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Assateague Islandfeature, 3 mi
- Girdletreecommunity, 9 mi
- Stocktoncommunity, 9 mi
- Snow Hilltown, 12 mi
- Newarkcommunity, 14 mi
- Pocomoke Citycity, 17 mi
- Berlintown, 19 mi
- West Pocomokecommunity, 19 mi
- Powellvillecommunity, 20 mi
- West Ocean Citycommunity, 21 mi
- Ocean Citytown, 21 mi
- Ocean Pinescommunity, 23 mi