Citizen station DW0868DW0868
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Pico Beach
Pico Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth 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.
67°
68°/40°
Light rain·
Feels like 67°·Moderate breeze 16 mph SSW
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Pico Beach 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 8 AM (50%).
Now. Pico Beach is 67° and light rain at 2 PM. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south-southwest at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:49 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. 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
31Air quality
98%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
67feels67
43%
16mph
Today
Oct 16
6840
94%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
66%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5334
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5738
22%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
5943
26%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
5845
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
5843
26%
14mph
67°
68°40°
51°39°
53°34°
57°38°
59°43°
58°45°
58°43°
As of 2:00 PM in Pico Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Pico Beach
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 10 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good19.7 mi
- Ozone31Good32 ppb5.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb19.7 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
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pico Beach
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.26 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 92%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pico 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 SSE 147°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44020, 28.4 mi away.
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
- 28.4 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 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.6523° N
- Longitude
- 70.7917° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Pico Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
New Bedford, Barrier GateNDBC-NBGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/13.8 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fairhaven 1.9 ENEMA-BR-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/30 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 Pico Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mattapoisett Centercommunity, 1 mi
- Marion Centercommunity, 4 mi
- Acushnet Centercommunity, 6 mi
- Weweanticcommunity, 7 mi
- New Bedfordcity, 7 mi
- Wareham Centercommunity, 8 mi
- Bliss Cornercommunity, 8 mi
- North Falmouthcommunity, 9 mi
- West Falmouthcommunity, 9 mi
- Onsetcommunity, 9 mi
- West Warehamcommunity, 10 mi
- Pocassetcommunity, 10 mi
Beaches near Pico Beach
- Mattapoisett Town Beachunder 1 mi
- Crescent Beachunder 1 mi
- Grand Vue Beach1 mi
- Mattapoisett Harbor Public Beach2 mi
- Hollywoods Beach2 mi
- Brant Beach2 mi
- Knollmere Beach4 mi
- Pope"S Beach5 mi