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Beside a road/4.8 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/Massachusetts/Graves Beach
Graves Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 2 to 4 feet. * WHERE...Cape Cod Bay and Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay. * WHEN...Until 2 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
46°
50°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Graves Beach until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Graves Beach is 46° and overcast at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:45 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
62%Humidity
93%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
46feels41
18%
Today
Oct 17
5040
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5333
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5736
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5840
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5442
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
5541
13%
Fri
Oct 23
5742
10%
12mph
46°
50°40°
53°33°
57°36°
58°40°
54°42°
55°41°
57°42°
As of 6:00 AM in Graves Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Graves Beach
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 13 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good13.5 mi
- Ozone21Good24 ppb13.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good24.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.4 ppb13.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb23.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm23.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Graves Beach
0.34 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.34in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 97%
Visibility
How far you can see at Graves Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 149°
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, 16.4 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 4 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the mid 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 4.3 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- NNW (339°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 8 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 4.3 ft at 5 s from NNW
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Sat 5:50 AM
- Distance
- 16.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NNW (339°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (341°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (323°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | WNW (294°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WNW (282°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | W (268°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | ESE (114°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | E (101°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (149°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (137°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (140°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (127°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (132°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (143°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 4 to 6 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the mid 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 2 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the upper 40s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Northwest winds around 20 mph | Northwest winds around 5 mph, becoming southeast in the afternoon |
| Tides | 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 | NewburyportLow 1.8 ft, 11:59 AMHigh 7.8 ft, 5:52 PMGloucester HarborLow 2.3 ft, 11:11 AMHigh 8.2 ft, 5:29 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 5 to 8 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds around 5 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 7 to 9 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 7 to 8 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.5734° N
- Longitude
- 70.7428° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Graves Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW4818EW4818
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/63 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Town Of Peabody Precipitation Peabody423211071004400
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Essex 1.4 SMA-ES-57
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Beverly 7NWBEVM3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 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), 5.5 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Graves Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Essexcommunity, 4 mi
- Gloucestercity, 5 mi
- Beverlycity, 7 mi
- Marbleheadcommunity, 8 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 8 mi
- Ipswichcommunity, 9 mi
- Salemcity, 9 mi
- Danverscommunity, 10 mi
- Swampscottcommunity, 11 mi
- Peabodycity, 11 mi
- Topsfieldcommunity, 12 mi
- Rowleycommunity, 12 mi
Beaches near Graves Beach
- White Beachunder 1 mi
- Black Beachunder 1 mi
- Singing Beach1 mi
- Gray Beach1 mi
- Popplestone Beach2 mi
- West Beach3 mi
- Cressy Beach4 mi
- Halfmoon Beach4 mi