Citizen station DW5057DW5057
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/The Cove
The Cove, New Jersey
Beach in Cape May County, New JerseyGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. For the Gale Watch, north winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts near 35 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft possible. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM and Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 3 PM Friday to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
62°
79°/58°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 62°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for The Cove until 6 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 10 PM, the chance peaking at 87% around 2 AM.
Now. The Cove is 62° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
87%Humidity
71%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7958
87%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5846
97%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5942
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6146
23%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6348
21%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6449
12%
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6249
12%
14mph
62°
79°58°
58°46°
59°42°
61°46°
63°48°
64°49°
62°49°
As of 1:00 AM in The Cove, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at The Cove
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 29 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone24Good26 ppb16.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at The Cove
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 The Cove, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 198°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Cape May County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 38.9300° N
- Longitude
- 74.9347° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest The Cove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Cape May USGS weather station385655074532601
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West Cape May 0.6 SENJ-CM-63
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cape MayCPMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Cape May (CPMN4), 1.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in New Jersey
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Atlantic CitycityBarnegat BayfeatureCamdencityCampgawski areaCape MaycityDelaware Water GapfeatureHigh PointfeatureJersey CitycityLong BranchcityMorristowncityMountain Creekski areaNew BrunswickcityNewarkcityPatersoncityPine BarrensfeaturePrincetoncitySandy HookfeatureSussextownToms RivertownTrentoncityVinelandcityWildwoodtown
Near The Cove
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Cape Mayborough, 1 mi
- Cape Maycity, 1 mi
- Cape May Pointborough, 2 mi
- North Cape Maycommunity, 4 mi
- Diamond Beachcommunity, 5 mi
- Ermacommunity, 6 mi
- Wildwood Crestborough, 6 mi
- Villascommunity, 6 mi
- Rio Grandecommunity, 7 mi
- Wildwoodtown, 7 mi
- West Wildwoodborough, 8 mi
- Whitesborocommunity, 9 mi