Beaches/Rhode Island/Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach

Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach, Rhode Island

Beach in Washington County, Rhode Island

58° 68°/48°

Overcast· Feels like 58°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSE

Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM (50%).

Now. Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach is 58° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 10 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:05 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:54 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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

36Air quality

85%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

7:00 AM

58feels58

Today

Oct 16

6848

96%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

5343

77%

13mph

Sun

Oct 18

5535

Mon

Oct 19

5841

16%

Tue

Oct 20

6244

16%

12mph

Wed

Oct 21

6146

15mph

Thu

Oct 22

5944

14mph

58°

68°48°

53°43°

55°35°

58°41°

62°44°

61°46°

59°44°

As of 7:00 AM in Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach, Rhode Island.

Air quality

The air at Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Coastal (RI), 13 miles off.

36Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good17.5 mi
Ozone36Good35 ppb17.5 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)-20.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

GoodModerate

36YesterdayOct 15
39TodayOct 16
31SatOct 17
11SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 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 Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.

Looking SE from the sand at 7:56 AM, the sun ahead, overcast, waves about 5.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 0.8 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.

Facing SE 125°

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.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Washington RI.

Today

Rip current risk: Low
Surf height: 3 to 7 feet
Water temperature: In the mid 60s
UV index: Low

Surf zone forecast

Washington RI, including Narragansett, Charlestown, and Westerly. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

Forecast	Today	Saturday
Rip current risk	Low	Moderate
Surf height	3 to 7 feet	4 to 6 feet
Water temperature	In the mid 60s	-
UV index	Low	-
Thunderstorm potential	None	None
Weather	Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers	Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperature	In the upper 60s	In the lower 50s
Winds	South winds around 15 mph	North winds around 15 mph
Tides	Watch Hill PointLow 0.5 ft, 6:12 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 1:04 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)High 3.0 ft, 12:11 PMNarragansett PierHigh 2.9 ft, 12:12 PM	Watch Hill PointLow 0.6 ft, 6:59 AMHigh 2.2 ft, 1:54 PMPoint Judith (Harbor)Low 0.8 ft, 6:02 AMHigh 2.8 ft, 1:01 PMNarragansett PierHigh 2.7 ft, 1:02 PM

Sunday: Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Monday: Surf height around 3 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Tuesday: Surf height around 3 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 60s. North winds around 15 mph

Tide

Tide at Watch Hill Point. Low 0.5 ft at Fri 6:12 AM, High 2.4 ft at Fri 1:04 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Sat 6:59 AM, High 2.2 ft at Sat 1:54 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County: Washington County
State: Rhode Island
Latitude: 41.3418° N
Longitude: 71.6945° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sam Ferrenti East Beach Town Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

WesterlyWST

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station DW8163DW8163

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

NinigretNINR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Kingston 1 W54797

At a climate reference station/11.9 mi away/106 ft/- ft from here