Rachel Carson RAWSRCWM1
A remote fire weather station/2.2 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wells Beach, Maine
Beach in York County, Maine* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM and Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to midnight EDT Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
55°
67°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Light breeze 8 mph S
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Wells Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (70%).
Now. Wells Beach is 55° and overcast at 12 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 65° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:41 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
2UV Low
28Air quality
99%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
55feels55
39%
Today
Oct 16
6741
99%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5041
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5030
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5435
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5837
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5541
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5338
12%
55°
67°41°
50°41°
50°30°
54°35°
58°37°
55°41°
53°38°
As of 12:00 PM in Wells Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Wells Beach
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Coastal Rockingham County (NH), 27 miles off.
28Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good18.5 mi
- Ozone28Good27 ppb18.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good18.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb18.5 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wells Beach
0.22 in in the last 24 hours, 0.70 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.22in
- Last 3 days
- 0.70in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 31%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wells Beach, the next 45 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 mile Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 105°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 26.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 4.6 ft
- Period
- 5 s
- From
- SSW (192°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 9 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 4.6 ft at 5 s from SSW
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 AM
- Distance
- 26.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 5 s | SSW (192°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSW (192°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | S (190°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | S (176°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (165°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | S (173°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SSE (152°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 12 s | E (99°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (123°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (127°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.3059° N
- Longitude
- 70.5650° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Wells Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KC1UIX-13KC1UIX-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.4 mi away/243 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/13.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Wells 2.3 SWME-YK-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.8 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Wells Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kennebunkcommunity, 6 mi
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 7 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 8 mi
- North Berwickcommunity, 9 mi
- Cape Neddickcommunity, 10 mi
- York Harborcommunity, 12 mi
- South Berwickcommunity, 13 mi
- Biddefordcity, 14 mi
- Sanfordcity, 14 mi
- Alfredcommunity, 14 mi
- Sacocity, 15 mi
- Berwickcommunity, 15 mi
Beaches near Wells Beach
- Crescent Beachunder 1 mi
- Drakes Island Beach1 mi
- Laudholm Beach2 mi
- Moody Beach2 mi
- Crescent Surf3 mi
- Footbridge Beach3 mi
- Parsons Beach4 mi
- Ogunquit Beach4 mi