At an airfield/1.0 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Atlantic Beach
Atlantic Beach, South Carolina
Beach in Horry County, South Carolina68°
82°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM (69%).
Now. Atlantic Beach is 68° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 67°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is likely tomorrow (72%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:40 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:50 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
97%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8267
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6858
72%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6346
28%
22mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6749
21%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
7152
10%
13mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7253
14mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7154
13mph
68°
82°67°
68°58°
63°46°
67°49°
71°52°
72°53°
71°54°
As of 7:00 AM in Atlantic Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
The air at Atlantic Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Myrtle Beach-Conway (SC), 16 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate15.7 mi
- Ozone21Good18 ppb15.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Atlantic 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 Atlantic Beach, the next 44 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 155°
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 Coastal Horry.
Today
- Rip current risk
- North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low
- Surf height
- North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 70s
- UV index
- High
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Horry, including Cherry Grove, North Myrtle Beach, Atlantic Beach, Windy Hill, Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, and Garden City. Issued 3:11 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low | North of Myrtle Beach LowMyrtle Beach South Low |
| Surf height | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet | North of Myrtle Beach 1 to 3 feetMyrtle Beach South 1 to 2 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 70s | - |
| UV index | High | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Waterspout risk | Low | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph | North winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Remarks | None | None |
| Tides | Springmaid PierHigh, 12:09 PM | Springmaid PierLow, 6:17 AMHigh, 1:04 PM |
- Sunday
- Low rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. A slight chance of rain. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 1 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Beach
- County
- Horry County
- State
- South Carolina
- Latitude
- 33.7989° N
- Longitude
- 78.7173° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Atlantic Beach, 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
Citizen station FW6812FW6812
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Buck Creek Near Longs02110400
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
North Myrtle Beach 2.9 SWSC-HR-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Myrtle BeachMYBS1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.7 mi away/10 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 South Carolina
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Atlantic Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Briarcliffe Acrestown, 2 mi
- North Myrtle Beachcity, 3 mi
- Little Rivercommunity, 7 mi
- Carolina Forestcommunity, 12 mi
- Myrtle Beachcity, 12 mi
- Forestbrookcommunity, 15 mi
- Red Hillcommunity, 17 mi
- Socasteecommunity, 18 mi
- Conwaycity, 20 mi
- Surfside Beachtown, 20 mi
- Loriscity, 20 mi
- Homewoodcommunity, 20 mi
Beaches near Atlantic Beach
- Crescent Beachunder 1 mi
- Windy Hill Beachunder 1 mi
- North Myrtle Beachunder 1 mi
- Ocean Creek Beach1 mi
- Meher Beach2 mi
- Briarcliffe Beach2 mi
- White Point Swash2 mi
- Ingram Beach2 mi