At an airfield/8.2 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Menemsha Beach
Menemsha Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts* WHAT...North winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
47°
53°/40°
Light rain·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Menemsha Beach until 8 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM, the chance peaking at 61% around 8 AM.
Now. Menemsha Beach is 47° and light rain at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:49 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 3 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
89%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
47feels40
51%
16mph
Today
Oct 17
5340
60%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5538
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5939
18%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
5942
19%
19mph
Wed
Oct 21
5842
14%
20mph
Thu
Oct 22
5942
26%
18mph
Fri
Oct 23
6042
21%
18mph
47°
53°40°
55°38°
59°39°
59°42°
58°42°
59°42°
60°42°
As of 7:00 AM in Menemsha Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Menemsha Beach
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 25 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
- Ozone19Good21 ppb2.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Menemsha Beach
0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.15in
- Last 3 days
- 0.15in
Visibility
How far you can see at Menemsha Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing W 277°
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 Dukes MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 26.8 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 4 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- NNW (342°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 8 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 3 s from NNW
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Sat 6:20 AM
- Distance
- 26.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 6:20 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | NNW (342°) |
| Sat 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | WNW (292°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | W (276°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | W (271°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (251°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (245°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (241°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSW (207°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | - | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (141°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (134°) |
Surf zone forecast
Dukes MA, including Edgartown and Aquinnah. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 4 to 6 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | Around 50 | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | North winds around 20 mph | Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph |
| Tides | Squibnocket PointHigh 2.5 ft, 12:28 PM | Squibnocket PointLow 0.8 ft, 6:41 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 1:18 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 9 to 12 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. Highs around 60. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 7 to 11 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Windy. Northeast winds around 30 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Dukes County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.3571° N
- Longitude
- 70.7648° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Menemsha 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
Woods HoleNDBC-BZBM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW2970FW2970
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/-7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Westport Rt 88MA038
Beside a road/18.9 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Chilmark 1.4 NNEMA-DK-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/144 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vineyard HavenVYHM3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/-15 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Menemsha Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Vineyard Havencommunity, 11 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 12 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 13 mi
- Woods Holecommunity, 13 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 16 mi
- Teaticketcommunity, 17 mi
- East Falmouthcommunity, 18 mi
- West Falmouthcommunity, 18 mi
- Seconsett Islandcommunity, 19 mi
- Bliss Cornercommunity, 20 mi
- Monomoscoy Islandcommunity, 21 mi
- North Falmouthcommunity, 21 mi