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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Longnook Beach
Longnook Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts55°
69°/48°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 13 degrees cooler: a high of 56° after 69° today.
Now. Longnook Beach is 55° and overcast at 8 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. Highs stay close to 57° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (59%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:44 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.
0UV Low
29Air quality
68%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
8:00 AM
55feels55
14%
Today
Oct 16
6948
94%
Sat
Oct 17
5645
59%
Sun
Oct 18
5742
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5746
25%
Tue
Oct 20
5849
24%
Wed
Oct 21
5749
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 22
5748
partly cloudy day
55°
69°48°
56°45°
57°42°
57°46°
58°49°
57°49°
57°48°
As of 8:00 AM in Longnook Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Longnook Beach
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 31 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good27 ppb3.2 mi
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 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Longnook Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.58 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.58in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Longnook Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 75°
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 44020, 38.4 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- SE (134°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 7 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from SE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 7:50 AM
- Distance
- 38.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
Surf zone forecast
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast Moderate | East Coast Moderate |
| Surf height | East Coast 3 to 6 feet | East Coast 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds 15 to 20 mph | Breezy. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph |
| Tides | Nauset BeachLow 0.9 ft, 8:51 AMHigh 4.1 ft, 2:59 PMHyannisportLow 1.0 ft, 10:04 AMHigh 3.5 ft, 4:55 PMBarnstable HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:04 AMHigh 9.4 ft, 3:57 PM | Nauset BeachLow 1.0 ft, 9:41 AMHigh 4.0 ft, 3:50 PMHyannisportLow 1.1 ft, 10:51 AMHigh 3.4 ft, 5:47 PMBarnstable HarborLow 2.4 ft, 10:54 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 4:48 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 3 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.0209° N
- Longitude
- 70.0370° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Longnook 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/10.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW7015GW7015
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.0 mi away/53 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/26.5 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Truro 0.8 EMA-BA-52
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/28.0 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), 28.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:33. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Longnook Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Provincetowntown, 8 mi
- North Easthamcommunity, 12 mi
- Cape Codfeature, 15 mi
- Orleanscommunity, 16 mi
- Brewstercommunity, 18 mi
- East Denniscommunity, 21 mi
- East Harwichcommunity, 22 mi
- Denniscommunity, 22 mi
- South Denniscommunity, 23 mi
- Harwich Centercommunity, 23 mi
- Northwest Harwichcommunity, 23 mi
- Yarmouth Portcommunity, 23 mi
Beaches near Longnook Beach
- Ballston Beach2 mi
- Brush Valley2 mi
- Highland Beach3 mi
- Great Hollow Beach3 mi
- Head of the Meadow Beach3 mi
- Great Pond Beach3 mi
- Fisher Beach3 mi
- Cronin Beach4 mi