Westerly, RI Weather

Washington County5:27 PM EDT41.38°N, 71.83°WElevation 36 ft

Current conditions

Sunny
61°
Sunny
Feels like 61°
High 63°·Low 36°
WindN 8 mph gusts 15 mph
Humidity58%
Dew point46°
Visibility9.0 mi
Cloud cover7%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:08 AM
Sunset5:57 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • Thursday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

  • Thursday Night

    Clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 54. North wind 7 to 12 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 61°
  2. 6 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  3. 7 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  4. 8 PM Clear 50°
  5. 9 PM Clear 48°
  6. 10 PM Clear 46°
  7. 11 PM Clear 45°
  8. Fri12 AM Clear 43°
  9. 1 AM Clear 41°
  10. 2 AM Clear 40°
  11. 3 AM Clear 39°
  12. 4 AM Clear 38°
  13. 5 AM Clear 37°
  14. 6 AM Sunny 37°
  15. 7 AM Sunny 36°
  16. 8 AM Sunny 37°
  17. 9 AM Sunny 40°
  18. 10 AM Sunny 44°
  19. 11 AM Sunny 47°
  20. 12 PM Sunny 50°
  21. 1 PM Sunny 51°
  22. 2 PM Sunny 53°
  23. 3 PM Sunny 54°
  24. 4 PM Sunny 54°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Mostly Clear Mostly Clear45°
  2. WedOct 21 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny17%45°56°
  3. TodayOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny36°63°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny35°54°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny38°57°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny45°61°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny47°65°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny61°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy42°55°
  10. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy0.05 in42°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

9
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • ThuGood (33)
  • FriGood (22)

New London-Groton, CT reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:08 AM
Sunset 5:57 PM
Daylight 10 h 49 min (−2 min 35 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 87% lit
Moonrise 4:01 PM Moonset 3:08 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Record high77° (2024)
Record low35° (1960)
Wettest0.52 in (1993)
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.00 in)

Block Island State Ap, records since 1948. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BOX, issued 2 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Gale Warnings have begun to be replaced by Small Craft Advisories for near shore southern waters, and this will continue over the next 24 hours.

Key Messages

-Cooler day on Friday with plenty of sun and diminishing wind.

- Prolonged stretch of dry weather with seasonable temperatures prevails this weekend into much of next week.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...Cooler day on Friday with plenty of sun and diminishing wind.

Friday will continue the stretch of beautiful Fall weather for the region as we say goodbye to any influence from Subtropical Storm Josephine, replaced by building high pressure encroaching from the north. The weakening gradient will mean less of that northerly wind through the day. After winds initially start out breezy, gusting 15- 25 mph they'll end the day much lighter. Overnight in fact, under high pressure winds will become calm under clear skies, so lows were trended toward the colder MOS guidance, in the upper 20s to low 30s. This, after a cooler day on Friday after cold advection kicks in aloft; 925mb temps drop from 9C today to 0-1C on Friday leading to highs in the 50s.

KEY MESSAGE 2...Prolonged stretch of dry weather with seasonable temperatures prevails this weekend into much of next week.

A prolonged stretch of dry but pleasant autumn weather is in store for Southern New England spanning this weekend then continuing into a large portion of the upcoming workweek. Expansive area of surface high pressure of around 1030-1034 mb will remain anchored across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic region, with mild days and cool nights with strong diurnal temperature ranges. About the only nuanced difference is that a cold front sags southward Monday night into Tuesday with a cooler northern-stream airmass filtering southward; but the front is moisture-starved and only seems capable of producing some enhanced cloudiness Monday evening and a cooldown in high temps moving into next week. Mildest days look to be this weekend with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s, but there could be a shot at 70 degrees with several days of dry weather serving as a mild feedback mechanism for overachieving maximum temps over guidance. Highs then cool off into the mid 50s to low 60s for early next week as the cooler lower-level airmass works it way in (925 mb temps dip to around +2 to +4C), only modifying toward mid to late next week.

Aviation

Forecaster Confidence Levels...

Low - less than 30 percent. Moderate - 30 to 60 percent. High - greater than 60 percent.

18Z TAF Update:

This afternoon...High confidence in trends.

VFR. NE winds of 15 to 25 kt along the eastern and southeastern coast, with gusts of 25 to 40 kt. Strongest gusts expected at ACK, with lower gusts along the coastal plain. Farther inland, N winds of 10 to 14 kt with gusts of 20 to 25 kts.

Tonight...High confidence.

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