Citizen station DW8295DW8295
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Higgins Beach, Maine
Beach in Cumberland 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.
56°
65°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 10 mph S
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Higgins Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 16 degrees cooler: a high of 49° after 65° today.
Now. Higgins Beach is 56° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the south at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:38 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
25Air quality
100%Humidity
96%Cloud
Now
2:00 PM
56feels56
19%
Today
Oct 16
6539
98%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
4939
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5030
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5233
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5834
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5538
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5335
12%
56°
65°39°
49°39°
50°30°
52°33°
58°34°
55°38°
53°35°
As of 2:00 PM in Higgins Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Higgins Beach
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 7 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone25Good29 ppb3.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Higgins Beach
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.94 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.94in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 14%
Visibility
How far you can see at Higgins Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 238°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 7.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 6.6 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- S (177°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 14 s from NNW
- Wind waves
- 6.2 ft at 6 s from S
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 PM
- Distance
- 7.0 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 1:20 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | S (177°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
Beach
- County
- Cumberland County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.5625° N
- Longitude
- 70.2709° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Higgins Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/5.8 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
PortlandNDBC-CASM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/10.3 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Scarborough 1.8 ESEME-CM-172
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/67 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 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 Higgins Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Oak Hillcommunity, 4 mi
- South Portlandcity, 5 mi
- Dunstancommunity, 6 mi
- Portlandcity, 7 mi
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 7 mi
- Westbrookcity, 9 mi
- Sacocity, 10 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 10 mi
- Biddefordcity, 11 mi
- Gorhamcommunity, 12 mi
- Falmouth Foresidecommunity, 12 mi
- South Windhamcommunity, 14 mi
Beaches near Higgins Beach
- Scarborough Beach2 mi
- Crescent Beach2 mi
- Back Shore3 mi
- Western Beach3 mi
- Ferry Beach3 mi
- Pine Point Beach4 mi
- Grand Beach4 mi
- Surfside Beach5 mi