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Jacob Riis Park Beach 3, New York

Beach in Queens County, New York

Air quality

The air at Jacob Riis Park Beach 3

Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 19 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate9.1 mi
  • Ozone16Good15 ppb15.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide7Good7 ppb15.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb15.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm15.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Jacob Riis Park Beach 3

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Jacob Riis Park Beach 3, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSatSun
Jacob Riis Park Beach 3 from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 1:44 PM, daylight, overcast, waves about 2.1 ft every 5 s.130SE140150160Facing SE 143°Sun 57° rightWind 11 mphfrom SW, along the beachSwell 2.1 ft from ESELongshore current, to the right
Looking SE from the sand at 1:44 PM, daylight, overcast, waves about 2.1 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing SE 143°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44065, 16.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44065, New York Harbor Entrance

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
5 s
From
ESE (117°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 10 s from SE
Wind waves
2.3 ft at 5 s from ESE
Water
65 °F
Read
Fri 12:50 PM
Distance
16.3 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.

Wave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 12:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AM2.6 ftWave height at buoy 44065, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 12:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftThuNoonFri2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 12:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:50 PM2.6 ft5 sESE (117°)
Fri 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (109°)
Fri 10:50 AM2.3 ft5 sESE (106°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (108°)
Fri 8:50 AM2.6 ft4 sESE (102°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (102°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (110°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSE (129°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.3 ft4 sSE (130°)
Fri 3:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (120°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.3 ft4 sESE (120°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.0 ft3 sESE (115°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.0 ft10 sESE (120°)
Thu 11:50 PM2.0 ft3 sSE (125°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft3 sESE (114°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (121°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.0 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft10 sESE (109°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft11 sESE (112°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.6 ft9 sESE (119°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.6 ft11 sSE (127°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.6 ft4 sE (79°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft14 sESE (122°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft4 sENE (74°)

Beach

County
Queens County
State
New York
Latitude
40.5661° N
Longitude
73.8689° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Jacob Riis Park Beach 3, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

New York/Jf KennedyJFK

At an airfield/7.5 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW3340CW3340

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

SchodackNY003

Beside a road/20.8 mi away/328 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Queens 10.2 SNY-QN-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

SyossetSYON6

At a cooperative observer's station/26.5 mi away/251 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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