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Popham Beach, Maine

Beach in Sagadahoc County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Popham Beach

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 23 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Popham Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 1.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Popham Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 5 PM.

FriSat
Popham Beach from its sand, nowLooking ENE from the sand at 5:55 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 0.8 ft every 12 s.50607080Facing ENE 67°Wind 3 mphfrom SE, onshoreSwell 0.8 ft from ELongshore current, to the left
Looking ENE from the sand at 5:55 AM, night, mostly cloudy, waves about 0.8 ft every 12 s.
NESW

Facing ENE 67°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44007, 23.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44007, Portland

Wave height
1.0 ft
Period
12 s
From
E (99°)
Swell
0.7 ft at 11 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from SSE
Water
55 °F
Read
Fri 3:50 AM
Distance
23.7 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.

Wave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.2 ft; 1.0 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri1.0 ftWave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.2 ft; 1.0 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri1.0 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.2 ft; 1.0 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 3:50 AM1.0 ft12 sE (99°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.0 ft8 sSE (128°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.0 ft8 sSSE (148°)
Fri 12:50 AM0.7 ft--
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°)

Beach

County
Sagadahoc County
State
Maine
Latitude
43.7467° N
Longitude
69.7792° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Popham Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station CW0774CW0774

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/67 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

BrunswickBXM

At an airfield/12.8 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

MaineDoT - Freeport 2020ME017

Beside a road/17.7 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

PortlandNDBC-CASM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/24.1 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Georgetown 1.4 EME-SG-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BathBTHM1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.3 mi away/1 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bath (BTHM1), 13.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

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