Citizen station EW7574EW7574
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Nauset Beach
Now. Nauset Beach is 51° and partly cloudy at 2 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 57° all week. Rain is possible Thursday (36%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:44 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. 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.
As of 2:00 PM in Nauset Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 24 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
No smoke near the ground through Mon 8 AM.
Precipitation
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.21 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing E 83°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Barnstable MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 26.9 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1:20 PM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | N (358°) |
| Sat 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (357°) |
| Sat 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (353°) |
| Sat 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (350°) |
| Sat 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (344°) |
| Sat 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (3°) |
| Sat 7:20 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (342°) |
| 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°) |
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast Moderate | East Coast High |
| Surf height | East Coast 5 to 7 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 until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers likely | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 50s | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Tides | 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 | Nauset BeachLow 1.1 ft, 10:36 AMHigh 3.9 ft, 4:46 PMHyannisportHigh 2.7 ft, 6:46 AMLow 1.1 ft, 11:41 AMBarnstable HarborLow 2.5 ft, 11:49 AMHigh 8.9 ft, 5:44 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Nauset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW7574EW7574
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TruroCAOM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.8 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/19.5 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Orleans 2.6 ESEMA-BA-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/55 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Wpc FacilityHYSM3
At a cooperative observer's station/20.6 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Wpc Facility (HYSM3), 20.6 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:55. measured daily
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.