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temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/Massachusetts/Cape Hedge Beach
Cape Hedge Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts46°
69°/43°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 46°·Light air 3 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 81% around 11 AM.
Now. Cape Hedge Beach is 46° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:44 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. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
76%Humidity
39%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
46feels46
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6943
98%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5142
77%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5432
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5837
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6139
11%
Wed
Oct 21
5842
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5540
partly cloudy day
46°
69°43°
51°42°
54°32°
58°37°
61°39°
58°42°
55°40°
As of 2:00 AM in Cape Hedge Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Cape Hedge Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 18 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good21.3 mi
- Ozone8Good18 ppb21.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.8 ppb21.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cape Hedge Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.28in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cape Hedge Beach, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 161°
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, 20.0 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
- ESE (107°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 8 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 5 s from ENE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 20.0 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 1:20 AM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (107°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 10 s | E (96°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | Around 3 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers |
| High temperature | Around 60 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft, 3:21 PMGloucester HarborHigh 9.1 ft, 2:56 PM | NewburyportLow 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
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.6342° N
- Longitude
- 70.6086° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cape Hedge Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW2106EW2106
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/16.0 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Byfield Precipitation At Byfield424510070564401
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rockport 1.0 EMA-ES-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/77 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Beverly 7NWBEVM3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/86 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 Beverly 7NW (BEVM3), 12.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Cape Hedge Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rockportcommunity, 1 mi
- Gloucestercity, 3 mi
- Essexcommunity, 9 mi
- Ipswichcommunity, 12 mi
- Beverlycity, 15 mi
- Rowleycommunity, 15 mi
- Marbleheadcommunity, 16 mi
- Salemcity, 17 mi
- Danverscommunity, 18 mi
- Topsfieldcommunity, 18 mi
- Newburyportcity, 19 mi
- Salisburycommunity, 19 mi
Beaches near Cape Hedge Beach
- Pebble Beachunder 1 mi
- Long Beachunder 1 mi
- Good Harbor Beach2 mi
- Old Garden Beach2 mi
- Front Beach2 mi
- Back Beach2 mi
- Rocky Neck Beach3 mi
- Niles Beach4 mi