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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ballast Island Ledge, Maine
Beach in Washington County, Maine* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 5 to 8 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Eastport, ME to Schoodic Point, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME out 25 NM and Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME. * WHEN...From 11 AM Friday to midnight EDT Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
41°
64°/39°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 41°·Light air 2 mph N
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Ballast Island Ledge until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 75% around 3 PM.
Now. Ballast Island Ledge is 41° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (80%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:22 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 10 hours 59 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
73%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
41feels41
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6439
100%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5240
80%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5433
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5640
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6141
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5840
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5436
mostly clear day
41°
64°39°
52°40°
54°33°
56°40°
61°41°
58°40°
54°36°
As of 12:00 AM in Ballast Island Ledge, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Ballast Island Ledge
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Downeast Coast (ME), 16 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ballast Island Ledge
None in the last 24 hours; 1.65 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.65in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ballast Island Ledge, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 143°
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 Coastal Washington, and the waves at buoy 44027, 22.9 mi away.
Tomorrow
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 foot or less, building to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon
- Water temperature
- 53 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44027, Jonesport
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- NW (321°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 6 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 3 s from NW
- Water
- 53 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:50 PM
- Distance
- 22.9 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 11:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NW (321°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NW (319°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NW (322°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNW (339°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (339°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (339°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (341°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | W (278°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (329°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | WNW (301°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (311°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (319°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | WNW (283°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | WNW (283°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 4 s | NW (312°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 8 s | S (188°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 8 s | S (182°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | W (271°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 7 s | SSE (160°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 8 s | SSE (156°) |
Surf zone forecast
Coastal Washington, including Roque Bluffs. Issued 10:00 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Tomorrow | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf | 1 foot or less, building to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | 53 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Rain | Partly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the mid 50s | In the upper 40s |
| Winds | Southeast winds around 10 mph, increasing to south around 20 mph in the afternoon | Northwest winds around 15 mph |
| Tides | Roque BluffsLow 2.0 ft, 9:09 AMHigh 11.5 ft, 3:20 PM | Roque BluffsLow 2.4 ft, 9:57 AMHigh 11.1 ft, 4:11 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 1 foot. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
Beach
- County
- Washington County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 44.5620° N
- Longitude
- 67.5547° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Ballast Island Ledge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Rt. 9 EB Wesley102694
Beside a road/28.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station EW7164EW7164
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.5 mi away/218 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Addison 1.7 ESEME-WS-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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