Citizen station KC1UIX-13KC1UIX-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Middle 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.
51°
67°/39°
Overcast·
Feels like 51°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Middle 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 86% around 10 AM.
Now. Middle Beach is 51° and overcast at 9 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. 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.
1UV Low
28Air quality
97%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
9:00 AM
51feels51
74%
Today
Oct 16
6739
99%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5240
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5430
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5833
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6236
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6039
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5536
partly cloudy day
51°
67°39°
52°40°
54°30°
58°33°
62°36°
60°39°
55°36°
As of 9:00 AM in Middle Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Middle Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 25 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good23 mi
- Ozone28Good28 ppb23 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good23 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.4 ppb23 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Middle Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.44 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.44in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Middle Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SE 142°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 21.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- 4 s
- From
- S (190°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 9 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 4 s from S
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 8:50 AM
- Distance
- 21.4 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 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°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.3451° N
- Longitude
- 70.4884° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Middle Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Nerrs Meteorological Site At Wells ReserveWEXM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/11.5 mi away/243 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/14.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Kennebunkport 1.1 NEME-YK-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/47 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Middle Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 2 mi
- Kennebunkcommunity, 4 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 7 mi
- Biddefordcity, 10 mi
- Sacocity, 11 mi
- North Berwickcommunity, 13 mi
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 13 mi
- Cape Neddickcommunity, 14 mi
- Alfredcommunity, 15 mi
- Sanfordcity, 16 mi
- York Harborcommunity, 16 mi
- Dunstancommunity, 16 mi
Beaches near Middle Beach
- Mothers Beachunder 1 mi
- Goochs Beachunder 1 mi
- Little Mother's Beachunder 1 mi
- Colony Beachunder 1 mi
- Arundel Beach1 mi
- Parsons Beach2 mi
- Crescent Surf2 mi
- Laudholm Beach3 mi