Met STN At Fs 4 At Broad St At Portsmouth365036076200101
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Needle Beach, Virginia
Beach in Portsmouth city, VirginiaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves 2 to 4 ft expected. For the Gale Warning, north winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt, becoming northeast Sunday morning and waves 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth River. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Warning, from 10 AM Saturday to 7 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous waves which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
67°
86°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 6 mph SSW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Needle Beach until 7 AM Monday. 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 tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 89% around 9 AM.
Now. Needle Beach is 67° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° by 7 AM, with some cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, 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 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%). Rain is possible Monday (45%), Tuesday (30%), Wednesday (34%) and Thursday (35%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:30 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
95%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8665
63%
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6154
91%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
6249
29%
24mph
Mon
Oct 19
6453
45%
22mph
Tue
Oct 20
6654
30%
19mph
Wed
Oct 21
6756
34%
20mph
Thu
Oct 22
6757
35%
18mph
67°
86°65°
61°54°
62°49°
64°53°
66°54°
67°56°
67°57°
As of 7:00 AM in Needle Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Needle Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 12 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Needle 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 Needle Beach, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 42°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44056, 55.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- NE (41°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 7 s from NE
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:00 AM
- Distance
- 55.0 mi
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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 7:00 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | NE (41°) |
| Fri 6:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 6 s | NE (46°) |
| Fri 5:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | ENE (78°) |
| Fri 4:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| Fri 3:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 7 s | NE (44°) |
| Fri 2:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 7 s | NE (41°) |
| Fri 1:30 AM | 3.6 ft | 7 s | NE (37°) |
| Fri 12:30 AM | 3.9 ft | 7 s | NE (51°) |
| Thu 11:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 7 s | NE (42°) |
| Thu 10:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| Thu 9:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 7 s | NE (46°) |
| Thu 8:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 7:00 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 6:30 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (29°) |
| Thu 5:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (25°) |
| Thu 4:30 PM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 3:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | NNE (14°) |
| Thu 2:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | NNE (13°) |
| Thu 1:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNE (23°) |
| Thu 12:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNE (20°) |
| Thu 11:30 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (7°) |
| Thu 10:30 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 9:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 8:30 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | E (88°) |
Beach
- City
- Portsmouth city
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 36.8406° N
- Longitude
- 76.3029° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Needle Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW5964FW5964
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/6.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/37.5 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Portsmouth 3.3 ESEVA-PRC-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Norfolk (NFKV2), 4.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Virginia
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Needle Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Norfolkcity, 1 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 3 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 6 mi
- Hamptoncity, 14 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 14 mi
- Suffolkcity, 15 mi
- Benns Churchcommunity, 17 mi
- Virginia Beachcity, 18 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 19 mi
- Smithfieldtown, 19 mi
- Newport Newscity, 21 mi
- Poquosoncity, 21 mi
Beaches near Needle Beach
- Community Beach Park8 mi
- Ocean View Beach Park8 mi
- Sarah Constant Beach Park9 mi
- Willoughby Beach9 mi
- Chix Beach11 mi
- Chesapeake Beach Park11 mi
- Outlook Beach12 mi
- Sylvan Beach12 mi