Saguaro LakeFCDMC-63501
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/1,540 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sandy Beach, Arizona
Beach in Maricopa County, Arizona* WHAT...East winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Dripping Springs, Globe/Miami, Mazatzal Mountains, Northwest Pinal County, Pinal/Superstition Mountains, Rio Verde/Salt River, San Carlos, and Superior. * WHEN...From 5 AM Friday to 11 AM MST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Localized channels of blowing dust may briefly lower visibility under one mile.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.
73°
87°/68°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Gentle breeze 13 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sandy Beach until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sandy Beach is 73° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. 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 Tuesday, near 87°, and the coolest Thursday, near 77°. Rain is possible Tuesday (36%), Wednesday (48%) and Thursday (47%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:07 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
26%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
73feels73
13mph
Today
Oct 16
8768
21mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8268
23%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
8468
22%
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
8668
19%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8769
36%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8369
48%
Thu
Oct 22
7766
47%
73°
87°68°
82°68°
84°68°
86°68°
87°69°
83°69°
77°66°
As of 4:00 AM in Sandy Beach, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Beach
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, McDowell (AZ), 17 miles off.
32Good
- Ozone32Good38 ppb8.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-9.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.5650° N
- Longitude
- 111.4655° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sandy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW5923EW5923
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/1,683 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/16.8 mi away/1,391 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mormon FlatTRTA3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.5 mi away/1,962 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Fort McDowell 4.9 ESEAZ-MR-605
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/1,738 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mormon Flat (TRTA3), 1.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:19. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Sandy Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Apache Junctioncity, 12 mi
- Gold Canyoncommunity, 14 mi
- Fountain Hillstown, 15 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 16 mi
- Mesacity, 20 mi
- Rooseveltcommunity, 21 mi
- Queen Valleycommunity, 21 mi
- Tonto Basincommunity, 22 mi
- Gilberttown, 23 mi
- Queen Creektown, 24 mi
- Scottsdalecity, 24 mi
- San Tan Valleycommunity, 26 mi
Beaches near Sandy Beach
- Back Beach6 mi
- Fish Beach6 mi
- Buckhorn Beach16 mi
- Illinois27 mi
- Palo Verde Beach29 mi
- Tempe Beach Park29 mi
- Tempe Town Lake North Beach - Boat Beach29 mi
- Boat Beach179 mi