Citizen station EW8080EW8080
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Briarwood Beach
Briarwood Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts64°
68°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 64°·Light breeze 7 mph SW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 5 AM, the chance peaking at 56% around 6 AM.
Now. Briarwood Beach is 64° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%). Rain is possible Tuesday (33%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:48 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
97%Humidity
95%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
64feels64
19%
Today
Oct 16
6840
93%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
75%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5335
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5738
29%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
5843
33%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
5745
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5744
28%
15mph
64°
68°40°
51°39°
53°35°
57°38°
58°43°
57°45°
57°44°
As of 9:00 PM in Briarwood Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Briarwood Beach
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 12 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good22.4 mi
- Ozone29Good28 ppb10 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb22.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Briarwood Beach
0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.26in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 87%
Visibility
How far you can see at Briarwood Beach, the next 42 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 353°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44020, 28.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- WSW (242°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 7 s from E
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 4 s from WSW
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Fri 8:50 PM
- Distance
- 28.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (241°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSW (207°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | - | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (141°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (151°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.7328° N
- Longitude
- 70.7406° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Briarwood Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Bourne - Wings NeckWNGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.5 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/9.0 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.9 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Marion 2.4 NMA-PL-56
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Umass Oranberry Experimental StnEWAM3
On a farm or research station/4.3 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Briarwood Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Weweanticcommunity, 1 mi
- Wareham Centercommunity, 2 mi
- Marion Centercommunity, 2 mi
- Onsetcommunity, 4 mi
- West Warehamcommunity, 4 mi
- Mattapoisett Centercommunity, 6 mi
- Buzzards Baycommunity, 7 mi
- White Island Shorescommunity, 7 mi
- Bournecommunity, 7 mi
- Monument Beachcommunity, 7 mi
- Pocassetcommunity, 7 mi
- North Falmouthcommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near Briarwood Beach
- Cedar Islandunder 1 mi
- Swifts Beachunder 1 mi
- Nobska Beach1 mi
- Parkwood Beach2 mi
- Minot Forest Beach2 mi
- Little Harbor Beach3 mi
- Onset Beach4 mi
- Hollywoods Beach5 mi