Nerrs Meteorological Site At Wells ReserveWEXM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.1 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Drakes Island Beach, Maine
Beach in York County, Maine* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. * 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...From 8 AM this morning 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°
67°/40°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Light air 1 mph NNW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Drakes Island Beach 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 9 AM, the chance peaking at 89% around 10 AM.
Now. Drakes Island Beach is 41° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° 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 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (57%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:40 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
27Air quality
94%Humidity
8%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
41feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6740
100%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5240
57%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5530
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5734
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6136
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5839
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5536
mostly clear day
41°
67°40°
52°40°
55°30°
57°34°
61°36°
58°39°
55°36°
As of 2:00 AM in Drakes Island Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Drakes Island Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 29 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good19.6 mi
- Ozone5Good0 ppb19.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good19.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.6 ppb19.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Drakes Island Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.49 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
- 0.49in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Drakes Island Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 150°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 24.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- SE (132°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 2 s from ENE
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 2:10 AM
- Distance
- 24.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2:10 AM | 1.0 ft | - | SE (132°) |
| 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°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.3242° N
- Longitude
- 70.5514° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Drakes Island Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KC1UIX-13KC1UIX-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.2 mi away/243 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/13.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wells 2.3 SWME-YK-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 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 Drakes Island Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kennebunkcommunity, 4 mi
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 5 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 7 mi
- North Berwickcommunity, 9 mi
- Cape Neddickcommunity, 11 mi
- Biddefordcity, 12 mi
- Alfredcommunity, 13 mi
- York Harborcommunity, 13 mi
- Sanfordcity, 14 mi
- Sacocity, 14 mi
- South Berwickcommunity, 14 mi
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 16 mi
Beaches near Drakes Island Beach
- Laudholm Beachunder 1 mi
- Wells Beach1 mi
- Crescent Surf2 mi
- Parsons Beach2 mi
- Crescent Beach2 mi
- Little Mother's Beach3 mi
- Mothers Beach3 mi
- Middle Beach3 mi