Citizen station EW6058EW6058
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/55 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Old Silver Beach
Old Silver Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts67°
68°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 13 mph SSW
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM (55%).
Now. Old Silver Beach is 67° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 13 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%). Rain is possible Monday (30%) and Tuesday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
30Air quality
99%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
67feels67
44%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
6842
92%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5241
69%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5337
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5640
30%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
5845
31%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
5847
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
5845
28%
17mph
67°
68°42°
52°41°
53°37°
56°40°
58°45°
58°47°
58°45°
As of 2:00 PM in Old Silver Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Old Silver Beach
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 15 miles off.
30Good
- Ozone30Good32 ppb13.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Old Silver Beach
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.13in
Visibility
How far you can see at Old Silver Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 319°
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, 20.2 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
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SE (146°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 9 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 3 s from SE
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:50 PM
- Distance
- 20.2 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 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°) |
| 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°) |
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
- 41.6214° N
- Longitude
- 70.6376° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Old Silver Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Bourne - Wings NeckWNGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Otis ANGBFMH
At an airfield/6.5 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/10.5 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Falmouth 4.8 NMA-BA-117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/72 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Umass Oranberry Experimental StnEWAM3
On a farm or research station/10.1 mi away/10 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 Old Silver Beach
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