Parks/North Carolina/Lake Waccamaw State Park

Lake Waccamaw State Park, North Carolina

State Park in Columbus County, North Carolina

62° 76°/55°

Fog· Feels like 62°·Light air 3 mph NE

Now. Lake Waccamaw State Park is 62° and fog at 12 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the northeast at 3 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.

The week. Highs stay close to 80° all week. Rain or snow is likely Sunday (66%) and Monday (60%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:03 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 40 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

58Air quality

95%Humidity

67%Cloud

Now

12:00 AM

62feels62

Today

Oct 6

7655

UV 7

Wed

Oct 7

7852

UV 7

Thu

Oct 8

8152

UV 6

Fri

Oct 9

8057

Sat

Oct 10

7858

29%

Sun

Oct 11

7861

66%

Mon

Oct 12

8063

60%

62°

76°55°

78°52°

81°52°

80°57°

78°58°

78°61°

80°63°

As of 12:00 AM in Lake Waccamaw State Park, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at Lake Waccamaw State Park

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, New Hanover County (NC), 32 miles off.

58Moderate

Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
Ozone8Good-
Coarse particles (PM10)21Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

GoodModerate

47YesterdayOct 5
45TodayOct 6
45WedOct 7
45ThuOct 8

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Waccamaw State Park

0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.67 in over the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.04in
Last 3 days: 0.67in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 6%

Visibility

How far you can see at Lake Waccamaw State Park, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Wed 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Tue 12 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 3.77 sq mi
Height at its point: 47 ft
County: Columbus County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 34.2773° N
Longitude: 78.4672° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Lake Waccamaw State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station GW5855GW5855

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.2 mi away/56 ft/9 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Cape Fear R At Lock 1 Nr Kelly02105769

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/-4 ft/51 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Columbus_Cnty_Muni_ArptCPC

At an airfield/14.1 mi away/98 ft/51 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Lake Waccamaw 0.3 SNC-CL-28