Sylvan Beach, Virginia

Wind Advisory, in full · Every severe alert

67° 62°/54°

Overcast· Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 16 mph N

Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sylvan 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 92% around 11 AM.

Now. Sylvan Beach is 67° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 32 mph.

Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 55° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 1 AM, with some cloud. 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 Tuesday, near 67°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. Rain is possible Monday (42%) and Thursday (33%). The windiest day is Monday, with wind to 27 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 day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

53Air quality

70%Humidity

99%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

67feels67

29%

16mph

Today

Oct 17

6254

100%

27mph

Sun

Oct 18

6350

13%

24mph

Mon

Oct 19

6555

42%

27mph

Tue

Oct 20

6755

24%

23mph

Wed

Oct 21

6657

26%

25mph

Thu

Oct 22

6555

33%

23mph

Fri

Oct 23

6756

21%

18mph

67°

62°54°

63°50°

65°55°

67°55°

66°57°

65°55°

67°56°

As of 2:00 AM in Sylvan Beach, Virginia.

Air quality

The air at Sylvan Beach

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Hampton Roads (VA), 21 miles off.

53Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
Ozone33Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.

GoodModerate

61YesterdayOct 16
22TodayOct 17
22SunOct 18
17MonOct 19

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sylvan Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 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 Sylvan Beach, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 PM.

Looking NE from the sand at 2:23 AM, night, overcast, waves about 1.8 ft every 8 s.

Facing NE 51°

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44056, 53.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44056, Duck FRF

Wave height: 2.3 ft
Period: 8 s
From: E (80°)
Swell: 1.0 ft at 10 s from E
Wind waves: 2.0 ft at 8 s from ENE
Water: 71 °F
Read: Sat 1:30 AM
Distance: 53.3 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.

Significant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:30 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.

Every hour, last 24 hours

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°)

Beach

City: Virginia Beach city
State: Virginia
Latitude: 36.9081° N
Longitude: 76.0952° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sylvan Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Lynnhaven River Inlet Near Virginia Beach0204292275

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Norfolk INTL ArptORF

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station FW5964FW5964

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Cape Charles 5 ENE03739

At a climate reference station/28.1 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here