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Mothers Beach, Maine

Beach in York County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Mothers Beach

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 25 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good23 mi
  • Ozone24Good23 ppb20.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good23 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.8 ppb23 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Mothers Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.44 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
0.44in

Visibility

How far you can see at Mothers Beach, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat
Mothers Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 12:31 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 8 s.120130SE140150Facing SE 131°Swell 0.8 ft from ESE
Looking SE from the sand at 12:31 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 8 s.
NESW

Facing SE 131°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44007, 21.6 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
21.6 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.

Wave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 1.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.0 ftWave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 1.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon1.0 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 1.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:50 PM1.0 ft8 sESE (123°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.0 ft8 sSE (127°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.0 ft8 sESE (113°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.0 ft8 sSE (146°)
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM1.0 ft7 sSE (133°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.3 ft2 sNNW (348°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft3 sNNW (327°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (118°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft3 sN (6°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.6 ft3 sN (3°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.6 ft3 sN (0°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft3 sN (359°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft8 sSE (142°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSSE (149°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (9°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSSE (155°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.0 ft7 sSE (135°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.3 ft7 sSE (132°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.3 ft8 sSE (141°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft8 sSE (138°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft7 sSE (139°)

Beach

County
York County
State
Maine
Latitude
43.3454° N
Longitude
70.4917° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Mothers 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

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

Sanford Muni (AWOS)SFM

At an airfield/11.4 mi away/243 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699

Beside a road/14.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

KennebunkportKBPM1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 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/2.7 mi away/47 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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