Met Station At Red Wing Park At Dam Neck364728075591900
At a dam/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Surfing Beach until 8 PM today. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 93% around 11 AM.
Now. Surfing Beach is 69° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 68°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is possible Monday (43%) and Thursday (34%). The windiest day is Monday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:27 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Surfing Beach, Virginia.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 30 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing ENE 67°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 44056, 42.6 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1:30 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (80°) |
| Sat 12:30 AM | 2.3 ft | 9 s | ENE (76°) |
| Fri 11:30 PM | 2.3 ft | 10 s | E (86°) |
| Fri 10:30 PM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | E (90°) |
| Fri 9:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 10 s | E (82°) |
| Fri 8:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 10 s | E (88°) |
| Fri 7:00 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SE (145°) |
| Fri 6:30 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 5:30 PM | 2.6 ft | 8 s | ENE (72°) |
| Fri 4:30 PM | 2.3 ft | 10 s | E (83°) |
| Fri 3:30 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | NE (40°) |
| Fri 2:30 PM | 2.0 ft | 9 s | E (88°) |
| Fri 1:30 PM | 2.0 ft | 9 s | E (86°) |
| Fri 12:30 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | NE (50°) |
| Fri 11:30 AM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | NE (49°) |
| Fri 10:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | NE (47°) |
| Fri 9:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | NE (44°) |
| Fri 8:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | NE (47°) |
| Fri 7:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | NE (45°) |
| 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°) |
The 6 instruments nearest Surfing Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Met Station At Red Wing Park At Dam Neck364728075591900
At a dam/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW1337EW1337
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/4.9 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cape Charles 5 ENE03739
At a climate reference station/34.9 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Virginia Beach 3.1 ENEVA-VBC-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NorfolkNFKV2
At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Norfolk (NFKV2), 16.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.