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In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Short Beach
Short Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts52°
60°/49°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 77% around 11 AM.
Now. Short Beach is 52° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 1 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 69°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%) and Saturday (83%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 7 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
62%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6049
13mph
Fri
Oct 16
6945
97%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5244
83%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
5434
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5840
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6042
12%
Wed
Oct 21
5745
14mph
52°
60°49°
69°45°
52°44°
54°34°
58°40°
60°42°
57°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Short Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Short Beach
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 11 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good3.8 mi
- Ozone16Good9 ppb3.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good10.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide19Good20.2 ppb3.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.3 ppb10.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm9.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
- 45TodayOct 15
- 35FriOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Short Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.14in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Short Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 0°
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 Eastern Essex MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 15.5 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- Around 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.3 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- E (92°)
- Swell
- 1.3 ft at 8 s from E
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 4 s from NE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 15.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | NE (52°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (41°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (337°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (315°) |
| Thu 7:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (313°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NW (320°) |
| Thu 3:20 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (334°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | E (101°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 6 s | E (85°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | E (96°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | Around 3 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers |
| High temperature | Around 60 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft, 3:21 PMGloucester HarborHigh 9.1 ft, 2:56 PM | NewburyportLow 1.5 ft, 10:13 AMHigh 8.2 ft, 4:07 PMGloucester HarborLow 1.9 ft, 9:27 AMHigh 8.7 ft, 3:41 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 4 to 6 feet. Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.4306° N
- Longitude
- 70.9328° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Short Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/6.2 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Castle IslandNDBC-CSIM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
PeabodyMA009
Beside a road/13.5 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nahant 0.7 NMA-ES-76
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/81 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
MarbleheadMARM3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/76 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Short Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nahantcommunity, 1 mi
- Lynncity, 3 mi
- Swampscottcommunity, 3 mi
- Reverecity, 4 mi
- Winthrop Towncity, 4 mi
- Sauguscommunity, 5 mi
- Chelseacity, 6 mi
- Marbleheadcommunity, 6 mi
- Salemcity, 6 mi
- Everettcity, 6 mi
- Maldencity, 7 mi
- Melrosecity, 7 mi
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- Black Rock Beachunder 1 mi
- Pond Beachunder 1 mi
- Stony Beachunder 1 mi
- Tudor Beachunder 1 mi
- Crystal Beachunder 1 mi
- Curlew Brech1 mi
- Long Beach1 mi