Kure BeachSUNN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/24 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/North Carolina/Carolina Beach State Park
Now. Carolina Beach State Park is 73° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 73°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 82): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Sunday, near 64°. Rain is likely Saturday (59%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 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 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Carolina Beach State Park, North Carolina.
Air quality
Index 82, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 16 miles off.
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Carolina Beach 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 now3 instruments
Kure BeachSUNN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/24 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW7353FW7353
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/20 ft/10 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/12.2 mi away/26 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Wilmington 10.8 SNC-NH-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/3 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wilmington 7 SEWLMN7
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/20 ft/10 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wilmington 7 SE (WLMN7), 7.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:05. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.