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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Scusset Beach
Scusset Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts51°
68°/42°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 65% around 12 PM.
Now. Scusset Beach is 51° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 60°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (79%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 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 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
79%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
51feels51
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6842
93%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5341
79%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5438
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5841
26%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6045
21%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
5946
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
5745
11%
16mph
51°
68°42°
53°41°
54°38°
58°41°
60°45°
59°46°
57°45°
As of 4:00 AM in Scusset Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Scusset Beach
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 13 miles off.
30Good
- Ozone30Good34 ppb22.5 mi
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 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Scusset Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Scusset Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 72°
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, 22.7 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
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SSE (153°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 7 s from ENE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 3 s from SSE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:50 AM
- Distance
- 22.7 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 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°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NW (321°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
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
- 41.7812° N
- Longitude
- 70.5036° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Scusset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/3.7 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station W1LP-13W1LP-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/237 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Otis ANGBFMH
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sandwich 0.9 NNEMA-BA-45
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East SandwichESNM3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/161 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at East Sandwich (ESNM3), 4.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:30. measured daily
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