Citizen station CW8440CW8440
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Big Beach, Maine
Beach in Hancock 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.
44°
57°/44°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 43°·Light air 3 mph NNW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Big Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 81% around 11 AM.
Now. Big Beach is 44° and partly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 2 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%) and Saturday (81%). 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 day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
73%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
44feels43
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
5744
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
6440
99%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5239
81%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5434
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5540
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5941
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5740
clear day
44°
57°44°
64°40°
52°39°
54°34°
55°40°
59°41°
57°40°
As of 10:00 PM in Big Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Big Beach
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, High Elevations of Acadia National Park (ME), 16 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-19.2 mi
- Ozone24Good25 ppb18.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-19.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb19.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.51 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
- 0.51in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Big Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Hancock County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 44.1070° N
- Longitude
- 68.3697° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Big Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Isle Au Hart RAWSIAHM1
A remote fire weather station/13.2 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bar HaborBHB
At an airfield/23.7 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bar Harbor 11.7 SWME-HN-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.4 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East SurryESUM1
At a cooperative observer's station/27.1 mi away/99 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at East Surry (ESUM1), 27.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Acadia National ParkfeatureAugustacityBangorcityBaxter State ParkfeatureBetheltownBig Rockski areaBlack Mountain of Maineski areaCamden Snow Bowlski areaCariboucityFort KenttownGreenvilletownHoultontownKingfieldtownLost Valleyski areaMillinockettownMount KatahdinfeaturePleasant Mountainski areaPortlandcityPresque IslecityRangeleytownSaddlebackski areaSugarloafsurveyed ski areaSunday Riversurveyed ski area
Near Big Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Southwest Harborcommunity, 12 mi
- Northeast Harborcommunity, 13 mi
- Acadia National Parkfeature, 19 mi
- Bar Harborcommunity, 21 mi
- Blue Hillcommunity, 24 mi
- Winter Harborcommunity, 24 mi
- Castinecommunity, 29 mi
- Ellsworthcity, 31 mi
- Camdencommunity, 35 mi
- Searsportcommunity, 37 mi
- Rocklandcity, 37 mi
- Milbridgecommunity, 38 mi
Beaches near Big Beach
- Middle Beachunder 1 mi
- Little Beachunder 1 mi
- Whale Beach1 mi
- Eastern Beach2 mi
- Hero Beach3 mi
- Schooner Cove4 mi
- East Cove4 mi
- Southwest Cove4 mi