Citizen station FW8079FW8079
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/7 ft/6 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Franklin Point State Park, Maryland
State Park in Anne Arundel County, MarylandGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft expected. For the Gale Warning, north winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt and waves 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point MD to Smith Point VA, Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA, and Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 9 AM this morning to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Warning, from 6 AM Saturday to 6 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
58°
82°/59°
Overcast·
Feels like 58°·Light air 3 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Franklin Point State Park until 6 AM Sunday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (62%).
Now. Franklin Point State Park is 58° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
95%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
58feels58
11%
Today
Oct 16
8259
75%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5648
80%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6044
16%
Tue
Oct 20
6547
14%
Wed
Oct 21
6550
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6349
mostly clear day
58°
82°59°
56°48°
58°42°
60°44°
65°47°
65°50°
63°49°
As of 2:00 AM in Franklin Point State Park, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Franklin Point State Park
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Metro Baltimore (MD), 26 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good24.8 mi
- Ozone18Good16 ppb12.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.7 ppb24.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 17SatOct 17
- 22SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Franklin Point State Park
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
Visibility
How far you can see at Franklin Point State Park, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.77 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1 ft
- County
- Anne Arundel County
- State
- Maryland
- Latitude
- 38.8084° N
- Longitude
- 76.5062° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Franklin Point State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
MD 260 at Cox RdMD103
Beside a road/8.0 mi away/72 ft/71 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
AnnapolisNDBC-APAM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AnnapolisNAK
At an airfield/12.7 mi away/4 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/23.4 mi away/105 ft/104 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Churchton 0.8 ESEMD-AA-32
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/6 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bristol/Jug Bay Met SensorsBSLM2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/-20 ft/21 ft below 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
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