Citizen station FW0871FW0871
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
South Beach, Maine
Beach in Lincoln County, Maine43°
59°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Calm 0 mph N
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 84% around 10 AM.
Now. South Beach is 43° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 12 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Saturday, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%) and Saturday (51%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 4 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
84%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
43feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5942
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6637
99%
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5237
51%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5630
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5834
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6335
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6036
clear day
43°
59°42°
66°37°
52°37°
56°30°
58°34°
63°35°
60°36°
As of 10:00 PM in South Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at South Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 29 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
- Ozone24Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 1.20 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.20in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at South Beach, the next 41 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 202°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 30.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- ESE (113°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 0.3 ft at 3 s from SSW
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 30.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (149°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SE (141°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | SE (138°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | SE (139°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 7 s | SE (144°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 8 s | SE (136°) |
Beach
- County
- Lincoln County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.8118° N
- Longitude
- 69.6841° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest South Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WiscassetIWI
At an airfield/10.4 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/20.5 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Sheepscot River At North WhitefieldNWFM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/28.3 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Southport 3.4 SME-LN-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BathBTHM1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bath (BTHM1), 11.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near South Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 4 mi
- Bathcity, 10 mi
- Wiscassetcommunity, 14 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 15 mi
- Topshamcommunity, 16 mi
- Damariscottacommunity, 17 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 17 mi
- Bowdoinhamcommunity, 18 mi
- Richmondcommunity, 20 mi
- Freeportcommunity, 21 mi
- Littlejohn Islandcommunity, 22 mi
- Lisbon Fallscommunity, 23 mi
Beaches near South Beach
- Hendricks Head Beachunder 1 mi
- Cole Beachunder 1 mi
- Sandy Beach2 mi
- Indian Beach3 mi
- East Beach3 mi
- Spring Cove Beach3 mi
- Sea Glass Beach3 mi
- Mile Beach3 mi