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In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/74 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Fort Beach
Fort Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, MassachusettsGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 2 to 3 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...Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich 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.
60°
68°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 13 mph S
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Fort 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 evening, from about 8 PM, the chance peaking at 69% around 9 PM.
Now. Fort Beach is 60° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 57°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 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. The day is 11 hours 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
21Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
60feels60
29%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
6843
97%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5040
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5131
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5536
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5740
10%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
5643
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
5543
17%
13mph
60°
68°43°
50°40°
51°31°
55°36°
57°40°
56°43°
55°43°
As of 12:00 PM in Fort Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Fort Beach
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 13 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good7.1 mi
- Ozone21Good17 ppb7.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good17.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6 ppb7.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.3 ppb17.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm16.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Beach
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.50 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 0.50in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 32%
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Beach, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 101°
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 Essex MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 14.8 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SE (142°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from E
- Wind waves
- 3.3 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 AM
- Distance
- 14.8 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 | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (155°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 2 s | S (179°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 6 feet | 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 2 PM, then mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | Around 50 |
| Winds | South winds around 15 mph | Northwest winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | 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 | NewburyportLow 1.7 ft, 11:03 AMHigh 8.0 ft, 4:58 PMGloucester HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:17 AMHigh 8.4 ft, 4:33 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.5082° N
- Longitude
- 70.8414° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/6.5 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Town Of Peabody Precipitation Peabody423211071004400
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PeabodyMA009
Beside a road/10.8 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Marblehead 1.9 NNEMA-ES-94
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarbleheadMARM3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/76 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
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