Seaforth Beach, North Carolina

Beach in Chatham County, North Carolina

68° 87°/62°

Fog· Feels like 68°·Calm 1 mph ESE

Coming up. Tomorrow is 27 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 87° today.

Now. Seaforth Beach is 68° and fog at 1 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, with some cloud. 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. Air quality is moderate (index 57): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest Sunday, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (63%).

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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

57Air quality

96%Humidity

64%Cloud

Now

1:00 AM

68feels68

Today

Oct 16

8762

31%

12mph

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

6051

63%

15mph

Sun

Oct 18

5940

23%

14mph

UV 6

Mon

Oct 19

6441

12%

13mph

UV 6

Tue

Oct 20

7045

UV 6

Wed

Oct 21

7047

UV 6

Thu

Oct 22

6947

68°

87°62°

60°51°

59°40°

64°41°

70°45°

70°47°

69°47°

As of 1:00 AM in Seaforth Beach, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Seaforth Beach

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 17 miles off.

57Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate14 mi
Ozone26Good24 ppb14 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)22Good14 mi
Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.6 ppb15 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm15 mi

The days ahead

Highest 71, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.

GoodModerate

59YesterdayOct 15
71TodayOct 16
35SatOct 17
37SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Seaforth Beach

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 Seaforth Beach, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

Beach

County: Chatham County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 35.7271° N
Longitude: 79.0338° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Seaforth Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

B. Everett Jordan Lake At Dam Nr Moncure02098197

At a dam/5.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW3995GW3995

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/289 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Sanford - Lee CountyTTA

At an airfield/11.1 mi away/240 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/17.1 mi away/562 ft/- ft from here