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Biddeford Pool Beach, Maine

Beach in York County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Biddeford Pool Beach

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 17 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone26Good23 ppb11 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Biddeford Pool Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.42 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
0.42in

Visibility

How far you can see at Biddeford Pool Beach, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat
Biddeford Pool Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSW from the sand at 12:24 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 0.6 ft every 9 s.S190200210Facing SSW 195°
Looking SSW from the sand at 12:24 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 0.6 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SSW 195°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44007, 12.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44007, Portland

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Swell
0.7 ft at 8 s from SE
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from SW
Water
55 °F
Read
Thu 11:20 PM
Distance
12.0 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 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:20 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 10:50 PM1.0 ft8 sSE (127°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.0 ft8 sESE (113°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.0 ft8 sSE (146°)
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM1.0 ft7 sSE (133°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.3 ft2 sNNW (348°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft3 sNNW (327°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (118°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft3 sN (6°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.6 ft3 sN (3°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.6 ft3 sN (0°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft3 sN (359°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft8 sSE (142°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSSE (149°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (9°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSSE (155°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.0 ft7 sSE (135°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.3 ft7 sSE (132°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.3 ft8 sSE (141°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft8 sSE (138°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft7 sSE (139°)

Beach

County
York County
State
Maine
Latitude
43.4422° N
Longitude
70.3514° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Biddeford Pool Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW6608GW6608

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/92 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Portland INTL JetPWM

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699

Beside a road/18.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Biddeford 2.0 EME-YK-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/48 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

KennebunkportKBPM1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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