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Beaches/Massachusetts/Pest House Shore
Pest House Shore, Massachusetts
Beach in Nantucket County, MassachusettsGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet expected. For the Gale Watch, northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 2 to 4 feet possible. * WHERE...Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 6 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening. For the Gale Watch, from this evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
63°
69°/46°
Light rain·
Feels like 63°·Fresh breeze 19 mph S
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Pest House Shore until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 90% around 12 PM.
Now. Pest House Shore is 63° and light rain at 11 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Fresh breeze from the south at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%) and Tuesday (50%). Rain is possible Monday (42%) and Thursday (41%). The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:47 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
29Air quality
93%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
63feels63
13%
19mph
Today
Oct 16
6946
78%
22mph
Sat
Oct 17
5545
91%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
5543
19mph
Mon
Oct 19
5945
42%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
6049
50%
22mph
Wed
Oct 21
5949
27%
24mph
Thu
Oct 22
6048
41%
23mph
63°
69°46°
55°45°
55°43°
59°45°
60°49°
59°49°
60°48°
As of 11:00 AM in Pest House Shore, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Pest House Shore
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 28 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good-
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 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pest House Shore
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Pest House Shore, the next 40 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 8 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 311°
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 Nantucket MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 18.2 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast 3 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 7 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50sSouth Coast In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- SSE (151°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 7 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 4 s from SSE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:20 AM
- Distance
- 18.2 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 10:20 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (151°) |
| 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°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Nantucket MA, including Nantucket. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast ModerateSouth Coast Moderate | East Coast HighSouth Coast High |
| Surf height | East Coast 3 to 6 feetSouth Coast 3 to 7 feet | East Coast 5 to 7 feetSouth Coast 5 to 7 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50sSouth Coast In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly sunny until 7 AM, then mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 20 mph | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph |
| Tides | NantucketLow 1.0 ft, 10:16 AMHigh 3.4 ft, 4:49 PMGreat PointLow 0.7 ft, 10:02 AMHigh 3.0 ft, 4:29 PM | NantucketLow 1.0 ft, 11:07 AMHigh 3.3 ft, 5:40 PMGreat PointLow 0.8 ft, 10:52 AMHigh 2.9 ft, 5:20 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Partly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Nantucket County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.2835° N
- Longitude
- 70.0778° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pest House Shore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/2.3 mi away/49 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station DW0935DW0935
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/29.9 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nantucket ASOSACKM3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Nantucket 1.6 ESEMA-NT-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Pest House Shore
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nantuckettown, 1 mi
- Madaketcommunity, 5 mi
- Siasconsetcommunity, 6 mi
- Edgartowncommunity, 24 mi
- Dennis Portcommunity, 27 mi
- Harwich Portcommunity, 27 mi
- West Denniscommunity, 27 mi
- West Yarmouthcommunity, 27 mi
- South Yarmouthcommunity, 28 mi
- West Chathamcommunity, 28 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 28 mi
- Harwich Centercommunity, 28 mi
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- Monomoy Beachunder 1 mi
- Clean Shoreunder 1 mi
- South Beachunder 1 mi
- Childrens Beach1 mi
- Jetties Beach2 mi
- Steps Beach2 mi
- Cliff Beach2 mi
- Coatue Beach2 mi