Citizen station EW9963EW9963
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/208 ft/110 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/South Carolina/Poinsett State Park
Poinsett State Park, South Carolina
State Park in Sumter County, South Carolina* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of east central Georgia and central South Carolina. * WHEN...From 2 AM Saturday to 8 PM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds and rough waves can overturn small craft.
77°
88°/65°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Poinsett State Park until 8 PM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM (57%).
Now. Poinsett State Park is 77° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 73): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 73°, and the coolest Sunday, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (68%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:58 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
73Air quality
64%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
77feels77
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8865
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6356
68%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
6145
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6547
13mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7249
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7352
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7252
mostly clear day
77°
88°65°
63°56°
61°45°
65°47°
72°49°
73°52°
72°52°
As of 8:00 PM in Poinsett State Park, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Poinsett State Park
Index 73, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Columbia (SC), 25 miles off.
73Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)73Moderate-
- Ozone47Good19 ppb13.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 87, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 87YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Poinsett State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Poinsett State Park, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 1.56 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 98 ft
- County
- Sumter County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.8140° N
- Longitude
- 80.5549° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Poinsett State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/11.8 mi away/243 ft/145 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/135 ft/37 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/25.9 mi away/144 ft/46 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Eastover 3.0 ENESC-RC-69
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/227 ft/129 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
St Mathews 1SESMWS1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/269 ft/171 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 South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Poinsett State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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