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In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/90 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Barrier Beach
Barrier Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts46°
58°/48°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 46°·Light air 1 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 70% around 11 AM.
Now. Barrier Beach is 46° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 12 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%) and Saturday (87%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
81%Humidity
17%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
46feels46
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
5848
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
6943
96%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5242
87%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5436
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5840
11%
Tue
Oct 20
6043
15%
Wed
Oct 21
5745
13mph
46°
58°48°
69°43°
52°42°
54°36°
58°40°
60°43°
57°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Barrier Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Barrier Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, North Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 20 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good17.2 mi
- Ozone18Good4 ppb17.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-18.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide17Good18 ppb17.3 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb18.6 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm17.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- 45TodayOct 15
- 35FriOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Barrier Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Barrier Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 48°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Eastern Plymouth MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 9.9 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 3 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.3 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- E (92°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 8 s from E
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 4 s from NE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 9.9 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | NE (52°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (41°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (337°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (315°) |
| Thu 7:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (313°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NW (320°) |
| Thu 3:20 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (334°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | E (101°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | E (85°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | E (96°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Plymouth MA, including Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Kingston, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Scituate. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | Low |
| Surf height | 3 to 5 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely |
| High temperature | Around 60 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Scituate HarborHigh 9.1 ft, 3:00 PMPlymouthHigh 10.0 ft, 3:06 PM | Scituate HarborLow 1.8 ft, 9:33 AMHigh 8.8 ft, 3:46 PMPlymouthLow 2.1 ft, 9:59 AMHigh 9.6 ft, 3:54 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 3 to 6 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.2239° N
- Longitude
- 70.7515° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Barrier Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MarshfieldGHG
At an airfield/9.6 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Town Brook At Diversion Tunnel At Quincy01105584
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
QuincyMA004
Beside a road/14.0 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Scituate 1.4 NMA-PL-73
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Hingham (HINM3), 8.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Barrier Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Scituatecommunity, 1 mi
- Scituatecommunity, 2 mi
- Marshfield Hillscommunity, 5 mi
- Hinghamcommunity, 7 mi
- Hullcommunity, 8 mi
- North Pembrokecommunity, 9 mi
- Marshfieldcommunity, 9 mi
- Ocean Bluff-Brant Rockcommunity, 10 mi
- Weymouth Towncity, 10 mi
- Cedar Crestcommunity, 11 mi
- Green Harborcommunity, 12 mi
- Hansoncommunity, 12 mi
Beaches near Barrier Beach
- Egypt Beachunder 1 mi
- North Scituate Beachunder 1 mi
- Minot Beach1 mi
- Town Beach2 mi
- Sand Hills Beach2 mi
- Museum Beach2 mi
- Bassing Beach2 mi
- Peggotty Beach3 mi