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Black Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Black Beach

Index 20, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 13 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good14.3 mi
  • Ozone20Good9 ppb14.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good25 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide19Good20.2 ppb14.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.3 ppb24.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm24.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Black Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 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
0.26in

Visibility

How far you can see at Black Beach, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 1 PM.

FriSat
Black Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 10:41 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 8 s, the tide falling at 6.2 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.170S190200Facing S 184°Wind 2 mphfrom SSE, onshoreRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking S from the sand at 10:41 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 8 s, the tide falling at 6.2 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing S 184°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: moderate

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 Essex MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 16.6 mi away.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
Around 3 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
16.6 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.

Wave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft5 sNE (52°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNNE (32°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNE (37°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sNE (34°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft5 sNE (41°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.6 ft7 sE (87°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (15°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.0 ft4 sNNW (348°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.3 ft3 sNNW (337°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNW (315°)
Thu 7:20 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (313°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (317°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNW (317°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.3 ft4 sNW (320°)
Thu 3:20 AM4.3 ft4 sNNW (328°)
Thu 2:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNNW (335°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft3 sNNW (334°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft6 sE (101°)
Wed 11:50 PM2.3 ft6 sE (85°)
Wed 10:50 PM2.3 ft7 sE (96°)

Surf zone forecast

Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastRest of todayFriday
Rip current riskModerateLow
Surf heightAround 3 feet3 to 6 feet
Water temperatureIn the upper 50s-
UV indexModerate-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherSunnyCloudy. Patchy fog. Showers
High temperatureAround 60In the upper 60s
WindsEast winds around 5 mphSouth winds 15 to 20 mph
TidesNewburyportHigh 8.5 ft, 3:21 PMGloucester HarborHigh 9.1 ft, 2:56 PMNewburyportLow 1.5 ft, 10:13 AMHigh 8.2 ft, 4:07 PMGloucester HarborLow 1.9 ft, 9:27 AMHigh 8.7 ft, 3:41 PM
Saturday
Surf height 4 to 6 feet. Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 20 mph
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
Monday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph

Tide

Tide at NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft at Thu 3:21 PM, Low 1.5 ft at Fri 10:13 AM, High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 PMFri6 AMNoon8.5 ft3:21 PM1.5 ft10:13 AM8.2 ft4:07 PMNow 6.2 ftTide at NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft at Thu 3:21 PM, Low 1.5 ft at Fri 10:13 AM, High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftFriNoon8.5 ft3:21 PM1.5 ft10:13 AM8.2 ft4:07 PMNow 6.2 ft
Tide at Newburyport. High 8.5 ft at Thu 3:21 PM, Low 1.5 ft at Fri 10:13 AM, High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Essex County
State
Massachusetts
Latitude
42.5793° N
Longitude
70.7314° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Black Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

GloucesterMA010

Beside a road/4.1 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station EW2106EW2106

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Beverly MunicipalBVY

At an airfield/9.4 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gloucester 1.8 WSWMA-ES-103

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Beverly 7NWBEVM3

At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/86 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Beverly 7NW (BEVM3), 6.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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