At an airfield/2.6 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Bucks Pond Beach
Bucks Pond Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts51°
68°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM (57%).
Now. Bucks Pond Beach is 51° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). Rain is possible Tuesday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:45 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
71%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6845
89%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5444
77%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5542
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5745
28%
Tue
Oct 20
5848
32%
Wed
Oct 21
5748
10%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5646
11%
12mph
51°
68°45°
54°44°
55°42°
57°45°
58°48°
57°48°
56°46°
As of 4:00 AM in Bucks Pond Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Bucks Pond Beach
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 17 miles off.
31Good
- Ozone31Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bucks Pond Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.05in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Bucks Pond Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Barnstable MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 18.9 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast High
- Surf height
- East Coast 4 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SE (139°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 13 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 3 s from SE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:20 AM
- Distance
- 18.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3:20 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (139°) |
| 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 | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (21°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (12°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NW (321°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
Surf zone forecast
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast High | East Coast Low |
| Surf height | East Coast 4 to 6 feet | East Coast 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 50s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | North winds around 10 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Nauset BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 2:12 PMHyannisportHigh 3.6 ft, 4:06 PMBarnstable HarborHigh 9.7 ft, 3:10 PM | Nauset BeachLow 0.9 ft, 8:51 AMHigh 4.1 ft, 2:59 PMHyannisportLow 1.0 ft, 10:04 AMHigh 3.5 ft, 4:55 PMBarnstable HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:04 AMHigh 9.4 ft, 3:57 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 5 to 7 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 3 to 6 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
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.7010° N
- Longitude
- 70.0396° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Bucks Pond Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW7061EW7061
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.6 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/12.9 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
TruroCAOM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Harwich 1.9 EMA-BA-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/37 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/43 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 Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 13.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:33. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bucks Pond Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Harwichcommunity, 1 mi
- Harwich Centercommunity, 2 mi
- Harwich Portcommunity, 3 mi
- West Chathamcommunity, 3 mi
- Northwest Harwichcommunity, 3 mi
- Chathamcommunity, 4 mi
- Brewstercommunity, 5 mi
- Dennis Portcommunity, 5 mi
- South Denniscommunity, 6 mi
- Orleanscommunity, 6 mi
- West Denniscommunity, 7 mi
- East Denniscommunity, 7 mi
Beaches near Bucks Pond Beach
- Red River Beach2 mi
- Forest Beach2 mi
- Ridgevale Beach2 mi
- Seymoor pond beach3 mi
- White Pond Beach3 mi
- Hardings Beach3 mi
- Bank Street Beach3 mi
- Merkel Beach3 mi