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Sandy Beach, Maine

Beach in Cumberland County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Sandy Beach

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 13 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sandy Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sandy Beach, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat
Sandy Beach from its sand, nowLooking ENE from the sand at 4:21 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 12 s.607080EFacing ENE 71°Wind 1 mphfrom E, onshoreSwell 0.8 ft from ELongshore current, to the left
Looking ENE from the sand at 4:21 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 12 s.
NESW

Facing ENE 71°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44007, 21.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44007, Portland

Wave height
1.0 ft
Period
12 s
From
E (99°)
Swell
0.7 ft at 12 s from E
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 2 s from E
Water
55 °F
Read
Fri 3:50 AM
Distance
21.3 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 ft6 AMNoon6 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
Cumberland County
State
Maine
Latitude
43.8323° N
Longitude
70.0982° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sandy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

MaineDoT - Freeport 2020ME017

Beside a road/3.3 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station GW5544GW5544

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/181 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

BrunswickBXM

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

PortlandNDBC-CASM1

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Freeport 0.8 SEME-CM-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/85 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Gray NWS WFOGYX

At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/407 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Gray NWS WFO (GYX), 8.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 14:00. measured daily

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