Storm Station
Newport East, Rhode Island
59°
Rain· Feels like 59°·Strong breeze 25 mph NNE
Rain showers likely before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
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96%Humidity
100%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Newport East, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

NewportUUU

At an airfield/1.2 mi away/95 ft/44 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

Prudence Island WeatherNAXR1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/2 ft/49 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank32of 37

Kingston 1 NW54796

At a climate reference station/12.8 mi away/115 ft/64 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Middletown 0.4 NRI-NW-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/146 ft/95 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Prudence Island WeatherNAXR1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/2 ft/49 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Prudence Island Weather, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.6 mi from Newport East. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

60.3 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 99 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Prudence Island Weather: temperature 60.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 99 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NAXR1FIG. B THE AIR AT PRUDENCE ISLAND WEATHERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.9 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.3 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 99 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEPrudence Island Weather, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP NAXR1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NAXR1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (223 degrees) at 18 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Prudence Island Weather, north up: blowing from 223 degrees, the southwest, at 18 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NAXR1FIG. C THE WIND AT PRUDENCE ISLAND WEATHERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 223°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPrudence Island Weather, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP NAXR1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NAXR1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; it reports 60.3 F, 1.3 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Prudence Island Weather stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NAXR1FIG. D WHERE PRUDENCE ISLAND WEATHER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPRUDENCE ISLAND WEATHER0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.3 FTITLEPrudence Island Weather, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP NAXR1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-NAXR1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Prudence Island Weather, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Rhode Island

15 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Newport East

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