Citizen station EW7222EW7222
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/10 ft/10 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/North Carolina/Hammocks Beach State Park
Hammocks Beach State Park, North Carolina
State Park in Carteret County, North Carolina* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt and seas 8 to 13 ft possible. * WHERE...Portions of the adjacent Atlantic coastal waters and the adjacent Atlantic offshore waters. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
72°
83°/67°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 2 mph SSW
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Hammocks Beach State Park until 6 AM Monday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 57% around 3 PM.
Now. Hammocks Beach State Park is 72° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 70°, so the air feels oppressive. Light air from the south-southwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 65°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%). Rain is possible Sunday (44%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:41 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
97%Humidity
27%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
72feels72
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
8367
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6858
69%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
6547
44%
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
6952
21%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
7152
15%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
7253
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
7254
11%
13mph
72°
83°67°
68°58°
65°47°
69°52°
71°52°
72°53°
72°54°
As of 12:00 AM in Hammocks Beach State Park, North Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Hammocks Beach State Park
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Carteret County (NC), 30 miles off.
27Good
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 35SatOct 17
- 37SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hammocks Beach State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Hammocks Beach State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.51 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 0 ft
- County
- Carteret County
- State
- North Carolina
- Latitude
- 34.6377° N
- Longitude
- 77.1282° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Hammocks Beach State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Bogue FieldNJM
At an airfield/6.8 mi away/10 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cape Carteret 15WSWCPCN7
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/39 ft/39 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Swansboro 1.5 SSWNC-ON-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/8 ft/8 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Newport/Morehead City WfoMHXN7
At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/20 ft/20 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Newport/Morehead City Wfo (MHXN7), 17.2 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:58. measured daily
Elsewhere in North Carolina
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Hammocks Beach State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Swansborotown, 4 mi
- Cedar Pointtown, 4 mi
- Emerald Isletown, 5 mi
- Cape Carterettown, 6 mi
- Peletiertown, 7 mi
- Boguetown, 7 mi
- Broad Creekcommunity, 13 mi
- Piney Greencommunity, 13 mi
- Indian Beachtown, 14 mi
- Sneads Ferrycommunity, 15 mi
- North Topsail Beachtown, 16 mi
- Pumpkin Centercommunity, 17 mi