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North Beach, Maine

Beach in Washington County, Maine

Air quality

The air at North Beach

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Downeast Coast (ME), 14 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 1.65 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
1.65in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Beach, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat
North Beach from its sand, nowLooking NNE from the sand at 1:08 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 3 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.10203040NE50Facing NNE 30°Wind 1 mphfrom NNE, onshoreSwell 3.0 ft from NWLongshore current, to the right
Looking NNE from the sand at 1:08 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 3 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing NNE 30°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Coastal Washington, and the waves at buoy 44027, 23.5 mi away.

Tomorrow

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 foot or less, building to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon
Water temperature
53 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio
UV index
Low

Waves at buoy 44027, Jonesport

Wave height
1.6 ft
Period
3 s
From
NW (319°)
Swell
0.7 ft at 8 s from S
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from NW
Water
53 °F
Read
Fri 12:20 AM
Distance
23.5 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 44027, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 9.2 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.6 ftWave height at buoy 44027, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 9.2 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ftNoonThuNoon1.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 9.2 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:20 AM1.6 ft3 sNW (319°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNW (321°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft3 sNW (319°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNW (322°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNNW (339°)
Thu 7:50 PM2.0 ft3 sNNW (339°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.3 ft3 sNNW (339°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.3 ft3 sNNW (341°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.6 ft4 sNNW (328°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (278°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.0 ft4 sNNW (329°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft4 sWNW (301°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.6 ft4 sNW (311°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (319°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.9 ft4 sWNW (293°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.6 ft5 sWNW (283°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.3 ft4 sWNW (293°)
Thu 7:50 AM3.9 ft5 sWNW (283°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft5 sWNW (292°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.6 ft4 sNW (312°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.9 ft8 sS (188°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft8 sS (182°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.3 ft5 sW (271°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.6 ft7 sSSE (160°)

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Washington, including Roque Bluffs. Issued 10:00 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastTomorrowSaturday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf1 foot or less, building to 2 to 4 feet in the afternoon2 to 3 feet
Water temperature53 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio-
UV indexLow-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherMostly cloudy. RainPartly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the mid 50sIn the upper 40s
WindsSoutheast winds around 10 mph, increasing to south around 20 mph in the afternoonNorthwest winds around 15 mph
TidesRoque BluffsLow 2.0 ft, 9:09 AMHigh 11.5 ft, 3:20 PMRoque BluffsLow 2.4 ft, 9:57 AMHigh 11.1 ft, 4:11 PM
Sunday
Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph
Monday
Surf height around 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. South winds around 10 mph
Tuesday
Surf height around 1 foot. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph

Beach

County
Washington County
State
Maine
Latitude
44.5876° N
Longitude
67.5153° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest North Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Jonesboro - McoopJONM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.7 mi away/184 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rt. 9 EB Wesley102694

Beside a road/27.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station EW7164EW7164

In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.0 mi away/218 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Addison 1.7 ESEME-WS-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

RobbinstonROBM1

At a cooperative observer's station/39.5 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Robbinston (ROBM1), 39.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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