Citizen station GW6360GW6360
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Rhode Island/Rejects Beach
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 4 AM, the chance peaking at 64% around 6 AM.
Now. Rejects Beach is 58° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 44° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:51 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Rejects Beach, Rhode Island.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 3, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SSW 202°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Newport RI, and the waves at buoy 44020, 53.3 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (251°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (245°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (241°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSW (207°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | - | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (141°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (151°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (138°) |
Newport RI, including Newport, Middletown, and Little Compton. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | Around 6 feet | 4 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showers | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Southwest winds around 20 mph | North winds 15 to 25 mph |
| Tides | NewportHigh 3.2 ft, 12:23 PMLow 0.9 ft, 5:50 PM | NewportHigh 3.0 ft, 1:13 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Rejects Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6360GW6360
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
NewportNDBC-NWPR1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
NewportUUU
At an airfield/5.5 mi away/95 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kingston 1 W54797
At a climate reference station/11.9 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Newport 1.3 SWRI-NW-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KingstonKGNR1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/113 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.