Citizen station GW6013GW6013
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/54 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Gun Rock Beach
Gun Rock Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts49°
51°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 45°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Now. Gun Rock Beach is 49° and overcast at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 45°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 43° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
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 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:46 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 2 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
67%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
49feels45
22%
Today
Oct 17
5142
12%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5335
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5738
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5843
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
5446
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5645
17%
13mph
Fri
Oct 23
5745
12%
13mph
49°
51°42°
53°35°
57°38°
58°43°
54°46°
56°45°
57°45°
As of 5:00 AM in Gun Rock Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Gun Rock Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 17 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good11.7 mi
- Ozone18Good20 ppb13.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good13.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb11.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb13.1 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm11.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gun Rock Beach
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.28in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 90%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gun Rock Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 354°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
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 44013, 11.0 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- NNW (341°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 7 s from E
- Wind waves
- 3.9 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Sat 4:50 AM
- Distance
- 11.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (159°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Plymouth MA, including Cohasset, Duxbury, Hingham, Kingston, Marshfield, Plymouth, and Scituate. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | Moderate |
| Surf height | 3 to 6 feet | Around 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 4 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 | Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph |
| Tides | 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 | Scituate HarborLow 2.3 ft, 11:17 AMHigh 8.3 ft, 5:34 PMPlymouthLow 2.6 ft, 11:43 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 5:38 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 6 to 9 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 6 to 10 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 20 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 6 to 8 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.2679° N
- Longitude
- 70.8392° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Gun Rock Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Town Brook At Diversion Tunnel At Quincy01105584
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.6 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
QuincyMA004
Beside a road/9.7 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/10.8 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cohasset 2.2 NNWMA-NF-90
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/50 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/89 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 Hingham (HINM3), 4.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Gun Rock Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Hullcommunity, 2 mi
- Hinghamcommunity, 3 mi
- North Scituatecommunity, 6 mi
- Weymouth Towncity, 7 mi
- Scituatecommunity, 8 mi
- Quincycity, 9 mi
- Braintree Towncity, 9 mi
- Marshfield Hillscommunity, 10 mi
- Winthrop Towncity, 10 mi
- Nahantcommunity, 12 mi
- Abingtoncommunity, 12 mi
- Holbrookcommunity, 12 mi
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- Pleasant Beach2 mi
- Sandy Beach2 mi