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Willow Ave Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Willow Ave Beach

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 12 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good4.8 mi
  • Ozone19Good29 ppb4.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good15.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.5 ppb4.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.4 ppb15.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm15.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Willow Ave Beach

0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.48in

Visibility

How far you can see at Willow Ave Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSatSun
Willow Ave Beach from its sand, nowLooking E from the sand at 6:18 PM, daylight, mostly clear, waves about 5.0 ft every 4 s, the tide falling at 8.0 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.80E100110Facing E 93°Moon 99° rightWind 12 mphfrom SW, offshoreSwell 5.0 ft from SSELongshore current, to the left
Looking E from the sand at 6:18 PM, daylight, mostly clear, waves about 5.0 ft every 4 s, the tide falling at 8.0 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing E 93°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

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, 16.6 mi away.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
4 to 6 feet
Water temperature
In the upper 50s
UV index
Low

Waves at buoy 44013, Boston

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
4 s
From
SSE (149°)
Swell
1.6 ft at 4 s from SSE
Wind waves
2.0 ft at 3 s from SW
Water
58 °F
Read
Fri 5:50 PM
Distance
16.6 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.

Wave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon2.6 ftWave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftThuNoonFriNoon2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 PM2.6 ft4 sSSE (149°)
Fri 4:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (137°)
Fri 3:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (140°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (127°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (132°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.3 ft5 sSE (143°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.6 ft5 sSE (142°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.3 ft5 sSSE (156°)
Fri 9:50 AM3.9 ft5 sSSE (148°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.6 ft4 sSSE (147°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (146°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (144°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.3 ft3 sSSE (159°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSSE (155°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.6 ft3 sSE (146°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (156°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.6 ft2 sS (179°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (101°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (87°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.3 ft10 sE (96°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft5 sNE (52°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNNE (32°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNE (35°)

Surf zone forecast

Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:11 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastRest of todaySaturday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf height4 to 6 feet4 to 6 feet
Water temperatureIn the upper 50s-
UV indexLow-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherCloudy. Patchy fog. A slight chance of showersMostly cloudy until 2 PM, then mostly sunny
High temperatureIn the mid 60sAround 50
WindsSouthwest winds around 15 mphNorth winds 15 to 25 mph
TidesNewburyportHigh 8.2 ft, 4:07 PMGloucester HarborHigh 8.7 ft, 3:41 PMNewburyportLow 1.7 ft, 11:03 AMHigh 8.0 ft, 4:58 PMGloucester HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:17 AMHigh 8.4 ft, 4:33 PM
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds around 5 mph
Monday
Surf height 4 to 7 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 10 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 8 to 9 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 15 mph

Tide

Tide at NewburyportHigh 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM, Low 1.7 ft at Sat 11:03 AM, High 8.0 ft at Sat 4:58 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon8.2 ft4:07 PM1.7 ft11:03 AM8.0 ft4:58 PMNow 8.0 ftTide at NewburyportHigh 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM, Low 1.7 ft at Sat 11:03 AM, High 8.0 ft at Sat 4:58 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftSatNoon8.2 ft4:07 PM1.7 ft11:03 AM8.0 ft4:58 PMNow 8.0 ft
Tide at Newburyport. High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM, Low 1.7 ft at Sat 11:03 AM, High 8.0 ft at Sat 4:58 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Essex County
State
Massachusetts
Latitude
42.5105° N
Longitude
70.8880° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Willow Ave Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW3705FW3705

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/63 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Beverly MunicipalBVY

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

PeabodyMA009

Beside a road/9.2 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Salem 1.2 WMA-ES-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

MarbleheadMARM3

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/76 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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