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In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/761 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Pennsylvania/Barracks Beach
Barracks Beach, Pennsylvania
Beach in Erie County, PennsylvaniaSpecial Marine Warning, in full · Every severe alert
SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY... Open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY... * Until 830 AM EDT. * At 701 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 26 nm northwest of Erie to 15 nm north of Ashtabula to 8 nm west of Geneva-On-The-Lake, moving east at 55 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Erie and Conneaut.
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
70°
67°/59°
Overcast·
Feels like 70°·Gentle breeze 12 mph SW
Alert. A Special Marine Warning is in force for Barracks Beach until 8:30 AM today. 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 this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 63% around 9 AM.
Now. Barracks Beach is 70° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 12 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 51° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:38 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
84%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
70feels70
39%
12mph
Today
Oct 16
6759
96%
21mph
Sat
Oct 17
5039
13%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5937
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6440
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6543
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6444
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6543
clear day
70°
67°59°
50°39°
59°37°
64°40°
65°43°
64°44°
65°43°
As of 7:00 AM in Barracks Beach, Pennsylvania.
Air quality
The air at Barracks Beach
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Erie (PA), 3 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good5.8 mi
- Ozone18Good20 ppb5.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
- 15TodayOct 16
- 4SatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barracks Beach
0.10 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.10in
- Last 3 days
- 0.10in
Visibility
How far you can see at Barracks Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 6 miles Fri 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Erie County
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Latitude
- 42.1297° N
- Longitude
- 80.1469° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Barracks Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/3.8 mi away/738 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Manchester BeachWCRP1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/682 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-90 near Clark Rd Overpass Erie PA US PADOTPA073
Beside a road/10.6 mi away/1,096 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Erie 3.5 WSWPA-ER-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/665 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Filtration PlantUCYP1
At a water treatment plant/23.2 mi away/1,371 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania
24 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Barracks Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eriecity, 3 mi
- Wesleyvilleborough, 7 mi
- Lawrence Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- Northwest Harborcreekcommunity, 8 mi
- Avoniacommunity, 8 mi
- Penn State Erie (Behrend)community, 8 mi
- Fairviewcommunity, 9 mi
- McKeanborough, 9 mi
- Girardborough, 12 mi
- Lake Cityborough, 13 mi
- Waterfordborough, 15 mi
- Plateaborough, 15 mi
Beaches near Barracks Beach
- Beach no.6under 1 mi
- Beach no.11 mi
- Beach no.7 Waterworks1 mi
- Beach no.8 Pettinato2 mi
- Mill Road Beaches3 mi
- Beach 10 - Budny4 mi
- Beach 9 - Pine Tree4 mi
- Manchester Beach6 mi