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At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Shea Beach
Shea Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Norfolk County, Massachusetts* WHAT...North winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and waves around 2 feet. * WHERE...In Massachusetts coastal waters, Boston Harbor. In Rhode Island coastal waters, Narragansett Bay. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
47°
51°/42°
Overcast·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Shea Beach until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Shea Beach is 47° and overcast at 7 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 10 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 50° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:47 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 1 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
62%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
47feels42
28%
Today
Oct 17
5142
11%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5334
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5737
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5842
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
5445
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
5644
17%
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
5744
11%
12mph
47°
51°42°
53°34°
57°37°
58°42°
54°45°
56°44°
57°44°
As of 7:00 AM in Shea Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Shea Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 11 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good5.4 mi
- Ozone18Good22 ppb6.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good6.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb5.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb6.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm5.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shea Beach
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, 0.29 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.28in
- Last 3 days
- 0.29in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 97%
Visibility
How far you can see at Shea Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 2 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 26°
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 Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 17.7 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- NNW (335°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 8 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 3.9 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Sat 6:50 AM
- Distance
- 17.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 6:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
| Sat 5:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NNW (339°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NNW (341°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (323°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | WNW (294°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WNW (282°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | W (268°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | ESE (114°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | ESE (108°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | E (101°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (149°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (137°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (140°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (127°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | SE (132°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SE (143°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | SE (142°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (146°) |
Surf zone forecast
Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA, including Boston, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, Braintree, Milton, Quincy, and Weymouth. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 3 to 6 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 2 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the upper 40s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | Northwest winds around 15 mph | North winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon |
| Tides | BostonLow 2.4 ft, 10:24 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 4:37 PM | BostonLow 2.5 ft, 11:19 AMHigh 8.9 ft, 5:33 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 6 to 9 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 5 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 7 to 10 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 7 to 8 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Norfolk County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.2650° N
- Longitude
- 70.9798° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Shea Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
QuincyMA004
Beside a road/3.0 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station EW5144EW5144
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/35 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/6.8 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Quincy 0.4 NNWMA-NF-101
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HinghamHINM3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/89 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 Hingham (HINM3), 3.9 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 19:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Shea Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Quincycity, 2 mi
- Braintree Towncity, 4 mi
- Weymouth Towncity, 5 mi
- Hinghamcommunity, 5 mi
- Miltoncommunity, 5 mi
- Hullcommunity, 5 mi
- Randolph Towncity, 7 mi
- Bostoncity, 8 mi
- Winthrop Towncity, 8 mi
- Holbrookcommunity, 8 mi
- Brooklinecommunity, 9 mi
- Dedhamcommunity, 9 mi
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- Norton Road Beachunder 1 mi
- Post Island Beachunder 1 mi
- Back Beachunder 1 mi
- Mound Street Field & Beachunder 1 mi
- Rhoda Beachunder 1 mi
- Sailors Snug Harbor Beach1 mi
- Avalon Beach1 mi