Crosswinds Beach, North Carolina

Beach in Chatham County, North Carolina

63° 87°/63°

Fog· Feels like 63°·Light air 3 mph SW

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM, the chance peaking at 85% around 9 AM.

Now. Crosswinds Beach is 63° and fog at 7 AM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 7 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 69°, and the coolest Sunday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 day is 11 hours 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

65Air quality

99%Humidity

85%Cloud

Now

7:00 AM

63feels63

Today

Oct 16

8763

46%

12mph

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

5950

87%

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

5840

17%

15mph

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6242

15%

14mph

Tue

Oct 20

6845

12%

Wed

Oct 21

6948

12mph

Thu

Oct 22

6848

11%

63°

87°63°

59°50°

58°40°

62°42°

68°45°

69°48°

68°48°

As of 7:00 AM in Crosswinds Beach, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Crosswinds Beach

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 15 miles off.

65Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate12.5 mi
Ozone21Good24 ppb20.9 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)24Good12.5 mi
Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.1 ppb13.3 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm13.3 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

GoodModerate

71YesterdayOct 15
71TodayOct 16
35SatOct 17
37SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crosswinds Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. 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 Crosswinds Beach, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.

Beach

County: Chatham County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 35.7442° N
Longitude: 78.9959° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crosswinds Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW3995GW3995

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/289 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

B. Everett Jordan Lake At Dam Nr Moncure02098197

At a dam/7.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Sanford - Lee CountyTTA

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/240 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/16.5 mi away/562 ft/- ft from here