BeaufortARW
At an airfield/2.2 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/South Carolina/Burckmyers Beach
Coming up. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 83° today.
Now. Burckmyers Beach is 77° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 71°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 56): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 72°, and the coolest Sunday, near 63°. Rain is possible tomorrow (32%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:03 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Burckmyers Beach, South Carolina.
Air quality
Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 32 miles off.
Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing WNW 292°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
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 Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper.
Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, including Hunting Island, Fripp Island, Hilton Head Island, Daufuskie Island, and Edisto Beach. Issued 6:05 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 3 feet | 1 to 2 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 80 | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | Around 70 | In the mid 60s |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph |
| Tides | Hilton Head IslandLow, 6:44 AMHigh, 1:35 PM | Hilton Head IslandLow, 7:36 AMHigh, 2:28 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Burckmyers Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
BeaufortARW
At an airfield/2.2 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Raingage At Skull Creek Near Hilton Head321555080441700
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW9629EW9629
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Youmans FarmS2038
At a soil climate station/36.0 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Beaufort 2.2 ESESC-BF-75
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
In a park or preserve/20.1 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.