Citizen station CW0333CW0333
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Crescent Beach, Maine
Beach in York County, Maine* WHAT...South to southwest winds winds 15 to 25 kt through this evening becoming northwest tonight and Saturday. Gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM and Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM. * WHEN...Until 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.
60°
68°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SSW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Crescent Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (58%).
Now. Crescent Beach is 60° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:42 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
25Air quality
95%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
60feels60
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6841
99%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5040
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5230
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5535
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5937
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5641
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5439
12%
60°
68°41°
50°40°
52°30°
55°35°
59°37°
56°41°
54°39°
As of 2:00 PM in Crescent Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Crescent Beach
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 14 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
- Ozone23Good23 ppb4.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.4 ppb4.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Crescent Beach
0.17 in in the last 24 hours, 0.72 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Last 3 days
- 0.72in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 24%
Visibility
How far you can see at Crescent Beach, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 120°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 40.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 7.2 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- S (180°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 7.2 ft at 6 s from S
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 2:10 PM
- Distance
- 40.2 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 2:10 PM | 7.2 ft | - | S (180°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | S (176°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 5 s | S (180°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | - | SSW (192°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSW (192°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | S (190°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | S (176°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (165°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | S (173°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SSE (152°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 12 s | E (99°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (148°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.0851° N
- Longitude
- 70.6628° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Crescent Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Seavey IslandNDBC-SEIM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/21.5 mi away/243 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/26.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Kittery Point 0.8 WSWME-YK-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Spinney Creek Shellfish CoELTM1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/3 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 Crescent Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kittery Pointcommunity, 2 mi
- Kitterycommunity, 4 mi
- York Harborcommunity, 4 mi
- Cape Neddickcommunity, 6 mi
- South Eliotcommunity, 7 mi
- South Berwickcommunity, 12 mi
- North Berwickcommunity, 16 mi
- Berwickcommunity, 16 mi
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 22 mi
- Kennebunkcommunity, 22 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 23 mi
- Sanfordcity, 25 mi
Beaches near Crescent Beach
- Seapoint Beachunder 1 mi
- Harbor Beach3 mi
- Long Beach6 mi
- Short Sands7 mi
- Cape Neddick Beach8 mi
- Little Beach12 mi
- Ogunquit Beach12 mi
- Footbridge Beach13 mi