Parks/North Carolina/William B. Umstead State Park

William B. Umstead State Park, North Carolina

State Park in Wake County, North Carolina

57° 72°/54°

Partly cloudy· Feels like 57°·Light air 2 mph NNE

Now. William B. Umstead State Park is 57° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the north-northeast at 2 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 5 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.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 84°, and the coolest Sunday, near 74°. Rain is likely Sunday (57%) and Monday (56%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:02 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. 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 39 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

33Air quality

96%Humidity

45%Cloud

Now

2:00 AM

57feels57

Today

Oct 6

7254

UV 7

Wed

Oct 7

7649

UV 7

Thu

Oct 8

8454

UV 6

Fri

Oct 9

7959

Sat

Oct 10

7656

10%

Sun

Oct 11

7458

57%

13mph

Mon

Oct 12

7760

56%

57°

72°54°

76°49°

84°54°

79°59°

76°56°

74°58°

77°60°

As of 2:00 AM in William B. Umstead State Park, North Carolina.

Air quality

The air at William B. Umstead State Park

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Wake County (NC), 1 mile off.

33Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good2.8 mi
Ozone3Good2 ppb6 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)10Good6 mi
Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.4 ppb2.8 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb11 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Thu Oct 8, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

GoodModerate

26YesterdayOct 5
45TodayOct 6
48WedOct 7
50ThuOct 8

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Wed 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at William B. Umstead State Park

None in the last 24 hours; 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Tue 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.58in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%

Visibility

How far you can see at William B. Umstead State Park, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Wed 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Tue 3 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 8.52 sq mi
Height at its point: 419 ft
County: Wake County
State: North Carolina
Latitude: 35.8690° N
Longitude: 78.7713° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest William B. Umstead State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Raleigh / DurhamRDU

At an airfield/1.7 mi away/387 ft/32 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Raingage At Brier Cr Res At Dam At Rdu Airport355202078483045

At a dam/2.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW5435FW5435

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/280 ft/139 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Durham 11 W03758

At a climate reference station/19.2 mi away/562 ft/143 ft above here