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In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Colony Beach
Colony Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, MassachusettsGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet expected. For the Gale Watch, northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 2 to 4 feet possible. * WHERE...Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 6 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening. For the Gale Watch, from this evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
65°
68°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 65°·Moderate breeze 19 mph SSW
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Colony Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 12 PM, the chance peaking at 61% around 10 PM.
Now. Colony Beach is 65° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 19 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 2 PM. 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 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:47 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Low
29Air quality
97%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
65feels65
58%
19mph
Today
Oct 16
6842
94%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5240
59%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5337
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5640
25%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
5845
26%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
5746
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5745
25%
15mph
65°
68°42°
52°40°
53°37°
56°40°
58°45°
57°46°
57°45°
As of 12:00 PM in Colony Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Colony Beach
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 20 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Colony Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Colony Beach, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 74°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
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 44020, 30.1 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- SSE (153°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 11 s from S
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from SSE
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 AM
- Distance
- 30.1 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 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 | - | - |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Plymouth MA, including Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Kingston, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Scituate. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 5 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 15 mph | Northwest winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | 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 | Scituate HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:23 AMHigh 8.5 ft, 4:38 PMPlymouthLow 2.4 ft, 10:49 AMHigh 9.3 ft, 4:44 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.8907° N
- Longitude
- 70.5320° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Colony 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
SandwichSANM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/8.9 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/10.2 mi away/148 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Plymouth 8.9 SEMA-PL-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/41 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Umass Oranberry Experimental StnEWAM3
On a farm or research station/11.2 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 Colony Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- The Pinehillscommunity, 3 mi
- Sagamorecommunity, 7 mi
- Plymouthcommunity, 8 mi
- White Island Shorescommunity, 9 mi
- Sandwichcommunity, 9 mi
- North Plymouthcommunity, 10 mi
- Buzzards Baycommunity, 11 mi
- Bournecommunity, 11 mi
- East Sandwichcommunity, 12 mi
- Kingstoncommunity, 12 mi
- Onsetcommunity, 12 mi
- South Duxburycommunity, 12 mi
Beaches near Colony Beach
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- Surfside Beach1 mi
- Pilgrim Shorefront4 mi
- Main Beach4 mi
- The Strand6 mi
- Sagamore Beach7 mi
- Plymouth Beach7 mi
- Stephens Field Beach8 mi