Lake Rudee Near Bells Road At Virginia Beach0204297575
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sandbridge Beach, Virginia
Beach in Virginia Beach 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 seas 3 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 seas 8 to 13 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia- North Carolina border out 20 NM and Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 10 PM this evening to 7 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Warning, from 7 AM Saturday to 7 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Gale conditions could persist well into next week.
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°
87°/65°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 7 mph SSW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Sandbridge 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 91% around 9 AM.
Now. Sandbridge Beach is 67° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 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 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely tomorrow (94%). Rain is possible Sunday (33%), Monday (49%), Tuesday (41%), Wednesday (38%) and Thursday (37%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:29 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
94%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8765
60%
14mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6454
94%
27mph
Sun
Oct 18
6450
33%
29mph
Mon
Oct 19
6654
49%
27mph
Tue
Oct 20
6755
41%
22mph
Wed
Oct 21
6856
38%
24mph
Thu
Oct 22
6857
37%
22mph
67°
87°65°
64°54°
64°50°
66°54°
67°55°
68°56°
68°57°
As of 7:00 AM in Sandbridge Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
The air at Sandbridge Beach
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 29 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 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandbridge 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 Sandbridge Beach, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 87°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44056, 45.7 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
- 45.7 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
- Virginia Beach city
- State
- Virginia
- Latitude
- 36.8295° N
- Longitude
- 75.9690° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sandbridge 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
At an airfield/3.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW1337EW1337
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/31.9 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Virginia Beach 7.6 NNEVA-VBC-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 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), 14.6 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 Sandbridge Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Virginia Beachcity, 1 mi
- Chesapeakecity, 18 mi
- Norfolkcity, 18 mi
- Portsmouthcity, 21 mi
- Hamptoncity, 26 mi
- Cape Charlestown, 30 mi
- Poquosoncity, 31 mi
- Bethel Manorcommunity, 31 mi
- Cheritontown, 32 mi
- Carrolltoncommunity, 32 mi
- Suffolkcity, 33 mi
- Newport Newscity, 35 mi
Beaches near Sandbridge Beach
- Seabreeze Beach3 mi
- Surfing Beach3 mi
- Shifting Sands Beach3 mi
- Bay Colony Dog Beach4 mi
- Fishing & Dog Beach4 mi
- Sylvan Beach9 mi
- Chesapeake Beach Park11 mi
- Chix Beach11 mi