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Beaches/Massachusetts/Head of the Meadow Beach
Head of the Meadow Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts44°
56°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Now. Head of the Meadow Beach is 44° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 47°, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 56° all week. Rain is possible Thursday (30%).
The sky now. The Moon is a first quarter, 52% lit, and sets at 11:47 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
89%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
44feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 18
5643
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5745
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5746
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
5646
13%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5646
30%
Fri
Oct 23
5545
13%
13mph
Sat
Oct 24
5544
11%
44°
56°43°
57°45°
57°46°
56°46°
56°46°
55°45°
55°44°
As of 8:00 PM in Head of the Meadow Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Head of the Meadow Beach
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 32 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 17
- 30TodayOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Tue 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Head of the Meadow Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.44 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Head of the Meadow Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Tue 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Tue 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NE 37°
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 Barnstable MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 35.4 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast Around 3 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.3 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- ENE (76°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 7 s from ENE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 4 s from E
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Sun 7:50 PM
- Distance
- 35.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 7:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 7 s | ENE (76°) |
| Sun 6:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | E (80°) |
| Sun 5:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ENE (74°) |
| Sun 4:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | E (83°) |
| Sun 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (74°) |
| Sun 2:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (65°) |
| Sun 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | ENE (63°) |
| Sun 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NE (49°) |
| Sun 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | ENE (62°) |
| Sun 10:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | NE (41°) |
| Sun 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (39°) |
| Sun 8:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (46°) |
| Sun 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (39°) |
| Sun 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (42°) |
| Sun 5:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Sun 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Sun 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Sun 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NNE (31°) |
| Sun 1:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (32°) |
| Sun 12:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | N (6°) |
| Sat 11:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 6 s | NE (41°) |
| Sat 10:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | N (353°) |
| Sat 9:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | N (354°) |
| Sat 8:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | N (349°) |
Surf zone forecast
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Sun Oct 18.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast Moderate | East Coast Moderate |
| Surf height | East Coast Around 3 feet | East Coast 5 to 8 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Mostly sunny until 4 PM, then mostly cloudy |
| High temperature | In the mid 50s | In the upper 50s |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph | East winds 10 to 15 mph |
| Tides | Nauset BeachHigh 3.9 ft, 4:46 PMHyannisportLow 1.1 ft, 11:41 AMBarnstable HarborLow 2.5 ft, 11:49 AMHigh 8.9 ft, 5:44 PM | Nauset BeachLow 1.1 ft, 11:32 AMHigh 3.9 ft, 5:42 PMHyannisportHigh 2.7 ft, 7:33 AMLow 1.1 ft, 12:33 PMBarnstable HarborHigh 8.0 ft, 6:32 AMLow 2.5 ft, 12:45 PM |
- Tuesday
- Surf height 9 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 9 to 12 feet. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Thursday
- Surf height 7 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.0529° N
- Longitude
- 70.0828° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Head of the Meadow Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/7.1 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW7015GW7015
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.8 mi away/53 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/27.4 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Truro 2.5 NNWMA-BA-89
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/28.9 mi away/43 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 Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 28.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:55. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Head of the Meadow Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Provincetowntown, 5 mi
- North Easthamcommunity, 14 mi
- Cape Codfeature, 18 mi
- Orleanscommunity, 19 mi
- Brewstercommunity, 20 mi
- East Denniscommunity, 22 mi
- Denniscommunity, 23 mi
- East Harwichcommunity, 24 mi
- South Denniscommunity, 24 mi
- Yarmouth Portcommunity, 25 mi
- Northwest Harwichcommunity, 25 mi
- Harwich Centercommunity, 25 mi
Beaches near Head of the Meadow Beach
- Highland Beachunder 1 mi
- Cronin Beach1 mi
- Great Hollow Beach3 mi
- Longnook Beach3 mi
- Fisher Beach5 mi
- Ballston Beach5 mi
- Town Beach5 mi
- Brush Valley5 mi