Citizen station GW1983GW1983
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Goose Rocks Beach, Maine
Beach in York County, Maine* WHAT...South winds, shifting to west of 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 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.
42°
67°/38°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Calm 0 mph N
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Goose Rocks 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 82% around 11 AM.
Now. Goose Rocks Beach is 42° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
94%Humidity
29%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
42feels42
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6738
100%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
52%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5529
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5833
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6235
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5938
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5534
mostly clear day
42°
67°38°
51°39°
55°29°
58°33°
62°35°
59°38°
55°34°
As of 12:00 AM in Goose Rocks Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Goose Rocks Beach
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 20 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone24Good23 ppb15.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 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 Goose Rocks Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.24 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
- 0.24in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Goose Rocks Beach, the next 45 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 154°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 16.1 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- ESE (123°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 0.3 ft at 3 s from SW
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:50 PM
- Distance
- 16.1 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 | 1.0 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°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SE (141°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | SE (138°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (139°) |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.3984° N
- Longitude
- 70.4106° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Goose Rocks Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Nerrs Meteorological Site At Wells ReserveWEXM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.0 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.9 mi away/243 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/16.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Kennebunkport 1.1 NEME-YK-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/47 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 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 Goose Rocks Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 3 mi
- Biddefordcity, 7 mi
- Kennebunkcommunity, 7 mi
- Sacocity, 8 mi
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 8 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 9 mi
- Dunstancommunity, 12 mi
- Oak Hillcommunity, 14 mi
- Alfredcommunity, 16 mi
- South Portlandcity, 18 mi
- North Berwickcommunity, 18 mi
- Sanfordcity, 18 mi
Beaches near Goose Rocks Beach
- Fortunes Rocks Beach3 mi
- Middle Beach4 mi
- Biddeford Pool Beach4 mi
- Hills Beach4 mi
- Freddy Beach4 mi
- Camp Ellis Reach5 mi
- Colony Beach5 mi
- Arundel Beach5 mi