Citizen station FW6400FW6400
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/The Dredge
The Dredge, New Jersey
Beach in Atlantic County, New Jersey60°
79°/57°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 60°·Light breeze 4 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 86% around 1 AM.
Now. The Dredge is 60° and mostly cloudy at 12 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:14 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
83%Humidity
84%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
60feels60
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
7957
86%
Sat
Oct 17
5545
96%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5838
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6143
19%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6445
20%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6447
11%
14mph
Thu
Oct 22
6247
11%
14mph
60°
79°57°
55°45°
58°38°
61°43°
64°45°
64°47°
62°47°
As of 12:00 AM in The Dredge, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at The Dredge
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal (NJ), 4 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good12.7 mi
- Ozone22Good28 ppb12.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb23.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb12.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 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 Dredge
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at The Dredge, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 294°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44091, 54.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44091, Barnegat
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- ENE (67°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 14 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 5 s from ENE
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:30 PM
- Distance
- 54.2 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | ENE (67°) |
| Thu 10:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (71°) |
| Thu 9:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (76°) |
| Thu 8:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (58°) |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (61°) |
| Thu 6:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (54°) |
| Thu 5:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (56°) |
| Thu 4:30 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NE (54°) |
| Thu 3:30 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NE (50°) |
| Thu 2:30 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NE (46°) |
| Thu 1:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NE (47°) |
| Thu 12:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NE (38°) |
| Thu 11:30 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 10:30 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (33°) |
| Thu 9:30 AM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 8:30 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Thu 7:30 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:30 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 5:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | N (353°) |
| Thu 4:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 3:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | N (349°) |
| Thu 2:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | N (356°) |
| Thu 1:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | S (177°) |
| Thu 12:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (157°) |
Beach
- County
- Atlantic County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 39.3321° N
- Longitude
- 74.6119° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest The Dredge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Ocean City USGS weather station391709074343201
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.9 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Somers Point 1.1 NNJ-AT-60
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Beach ThorofareMGTN4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Jersey
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near The Dredge
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Somers Pointcity, 1 mi
- Linwoodcity, 2 mi
- Bargaintowncommunity, 3 mi
- English Creekcommunity, 4 mi
- Beesleys Pointcommunity, 4 mi
- Northfieldcity, 4 mi
- Ocean Citycity, 4 mi
- Longportborough, 5 mi
- Marmoracommunity, 6 mi
- Margate Citycity, 6 mi
- Pleasantvillecity, 6 mi
- Ventnor Citycity, 7 mi
Beaches near The Dredge
- William Morrow Beach2 mi
- Beesley's Point Beach3 mi
- Malibu Beach3 mi
- The Point 2 Beach4 mi
- Peck Beach6 mi
- Peck's Beach9 mi
- Tropicana Beach9 mi
- Caesars Beach10 mi