Citizen station CW0728CW0728
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Back Shore, Maine
Beach in Cumberland County, Maine42°
66°/39°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Light air 1 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 77% around 10 AM.
Now. Back Shore is 42° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (45%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:39 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 day is 11 hours 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
90%Humidity
16%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
42feels42
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6639
100%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
45%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5430
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5733
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6135
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5837
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5434
mostly clear day
42°
66°39°
51°39°
54°30°
57°33°
61°35°
58°37°
54°34°
As of 2:00 AM in Back Shore, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Back Shore
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 10 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good-
- Ozone25Good26 ppb5.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Back Shore
None in the last 24 hours; 0.66 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.66in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Back Shore, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 258°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 9.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- SE (128°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 2 s from ENE
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 9.2 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 1:20 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (123°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (113°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (146°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 7 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 2 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (118°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (6°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (3°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (0°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (149°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SE (141°) |
Beach
- County
- Cumberland County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.5434° N
- Longitude
- 70.3223° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Back Shore, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/6.9 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PortlandNDBC-CASM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/12.0 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Scarborough 4.2 SSWME-CM-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/75 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 Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Back Shore
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dunstancommunity, 4 mi
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 4 mi
- Oak Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- South Portlandcity, 7 mi
- Sacocity, 7 mi
- Biddefordcity, 8 mi
- Portlandcity, 8 mi
- Westbrookcity, 10 mi
- Gorhamcommunity, 11 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 12 mi
- Little Fallscommunity, 14 mi
- South Windhamcommunity, 14 mi
Beaches near Back Shore
- Ferry Beachunder 1 mi
- Western Beachunder 1 mi
- Pine Point Beachunder 1 mi
- Scarborough Beachunder 1 mi
- Grand Beach1 mi
- Surfside Beach2 mi
- Old Orchard Beach3 mi
- Higgins Beach3 mi