Port AlexanderNDBC-PLXA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parking Lot Beach, Alaska
Beach in Petersburg Borough, AlaskaSmall Craft Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
Southeast Alaska Inside Waters from Dixon Entrance to Skagway Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one-third of the combined windwave and swell height. .TONIGHT...S wind 20 kt diminishing to 15 kt in the evening, then becoming W 25 kt late. Seas 9 ft, except 13 ft near ocean entrances. Rain. .FRI...S wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft, except 9 ft near ocean entrances. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 15 kt increasing to 20 kt late. Seas 4 ft, except 7 ft near ocean entrances. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. .SAT...S wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .SAT NIGHT...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .SUN...N wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...N wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...S wind 30 kt. Seas 6 ft.
50°
55°/44°
Rain·
Feels like 45°·Moderate breeze 15 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Parking Lot Beach until 5 PM tomorrow. 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 tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 100% around 12 AM.
Now. Parking Lot Beach is 50° and rain at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the south-southeast at 15 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 50°, and the coolest Sunday, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (100%), Saturday (98%), Sunday (94%), Monday (71%), Tuesday (100%) and Wednesday (98%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 28 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
96%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
50feels45
94%
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5544
100%
28mph
Fri
Oct 16
5045
100%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
4843
98%
Sun
Oct 18
4641
94%
Mon
Oct 19
4640
71%
Tue
Oct 20
5041
100%
22mph
Wed
Oct 21
4742
98%
16mph
50°
55°44°
50°45°
48°43°
46°41°
46°40°
50°41°
47°42°
As of 9:00 PM in Parking Lot Beach, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 105°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- Borough
- Petersburg Borough
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 56.2476° N
- Longitude
- 134.6518° W
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Parking Lot Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
measured daily2 instruments
Port Alexander 2.2 NNWAK-PW-12
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Little Port Walter near SitkaSITA2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/64 ft/- ft from 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 Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Parking Lot Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Port Alexandercity, 1 mi
- Point Bakercommunity, 40 mi
- Port Protectioncommunity, 41 mi
- Edna Baycity, 43 mi
- Kakecity, 58 mi
- Whale Passcity, 60 mi
- Naukati Baycommunity, 62 mi
- Coffman Covecity, 73 mi
- Kupreanofcity, 73 mi
- Petersburgcommunity, 76 mi
- Klawockcity, 77 mi
- Craigcity, 79 mi
Beaches near Parking Lot Beach
- Kornoelje's Beachunder 1 mi
- Range Light Beachunder 1 mi
- Ken's Beachunder 1 mi
- Maylynn's Beachunder 1 mi
- Big Beachunder 1 mi
- Sage Beach61 mi
- Sandy Beach63 mi
- Sandy Beach76 mi