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Stevens Street Public Beach Access, North Carolina

Beach in Pender County, North Carolina

Air quality

The air at Stevens Street Public Beach Access

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 24 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate17.6 mi
  • Ozone13Good17 ppb17.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)17Good17.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Stevens Street Public Beach Access

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Stevens Street Public Beach Access, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat
Stevens Street Public Beach Access from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 4:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.140150160170Facing SSE 159°Wind 3 mphfrom SW, onshore
Looking SSE from the sand at 4:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SSE 159°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Coastal Pender.

Today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 to 2 feet
Water temperature
In the mid 70s
UV index
High

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Pender, including Surf City and Topsail Beach. Issued 3:11 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf height1 to 2 feet1 to 2 feet
Water temperatureIn the mid 70s-
UV indexHigh-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
Waterspout riskLowNone
WeatherSunnyMostly cloudy. Showers likely
High temperatureIn the lower 80sIn the mid 60s
WindsSouthwest winds 10 to 15 mphNorth winds 15 to 20 mph
RemarksModerate south to north longshore currentNone
TidesTopsail InletHigh, 11:53 AMTopsail InletHigh, 12:48 PM
Sunday
Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Breezy. North winds around 25 mph
Monday
High rip current risk. Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds around 20 mph
Tuesday
High rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Pender County
State
North Carolina
Latitude
34.4310° N
Longitude
77.5359° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Stevens Street Public Beach Access, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

BurgawBKIN7

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.7 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW2427GW2427

In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.9 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

New_River_McasNCA

At an airfield/19.9 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Surf City 2.3 SWNC-PD-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Wilmington 7 NWIMN7

At a cooperative observer's station/23.2 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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