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North Westport, Massachusetts

Community in Bristol County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at North Westport

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 6 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone27Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at North Westport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at North Westport, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over North Westport, MassachusettsReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Westport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Westport 0.9 ESEMA-BR-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/139 ft/14 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

RochesterEFRM3

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/92 ft/33 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank58of 744

Station report

The weather at New Bedford Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from North Westport, Massachusetts. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over New Bedford Muni, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWBFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEW BEDFORD MUNISECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENew Bedford Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EWBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 71 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at New Bedford Muni: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 71 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWBFIG. B THE AIR AT NEW BEDFORD MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.0 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 71 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLENew Bedford Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at New Bedford Muni, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWBFIG. C THE WIND AT NEW BEDFORD MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENew Bedford Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of New Bedford Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Rochester (EFRM3), 12.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Massachusetts

17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near North Westport

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near North Westport

River and lake gauges