Citizen station CHAR37CHAR37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/28 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Head Beach, Maine
Beach in Sagadahoc 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°
59°/43°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Calm 1 mph NE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Head 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 9 AM, the chance peaking at 84% around 10 AM.
Now. Head Beach is 42° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 1 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 65°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%). Rain is possible Saturday (43%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
92%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
42feels42
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
5943
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6537
99%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5238
43%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5530
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5833
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6334
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6036
mostly clear day
42°
59°43°
65°37°
52°38°
55°30°
58°33°
63°34°
60°36°
As of 11:00 PM in Head Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Head Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 19 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone26Good28 ppb21 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Head Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.31 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.31in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Head Beach, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 242°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 19.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- SE (127°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 3 s from SW
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:50 PM
- Distance
- 19.7 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 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°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | SE (144°) |
Beach
- County
- Sagadahoc County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.7187° N
- Longitude
- 69.8512° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Head Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
BrunswickBXM
At an airfield/12.8 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/16.0 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PortlandNDBC-CASM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Orrs Island 1.4 NEME-CM-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/110 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BathBTHM1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/1 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 Bath (BTHM1), 14.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Head Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bathcity, 14 mi
- Littlejohn Islandcommunity, 14 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 14 mi
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 15 mi
- Cousins Islandcommunity, 15 mi
- Topshamcommunity, 16 mi
- Freeportcommunity, 16 mi
- Yarmouthcommunity, 18 mi
- Falmouth Foresidecommunity, 18 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 19 mi
- Bowdoinhamcommunity, 21 mi
- Cumberland Centercommunity, 21 mi
Beaches near Head Beach
- Sand Dune Beachunder 1 mi
- Spring Beach1 mi
- Seawall Beach2 mi
- Hunnewell Beach4 mi
- Popham Beach4 mi
- Malaga Landing Beach5 mi
- Half Mile Beach7 mi
- Sea Cove Beach7 mi