Citizen station EW8080EW8080
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Cedar Island
Cedar Island, Massachusetts
Beach in Plymouth County, MassachusettsGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet expected. For the Gale Watch, northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas 2 to 4 feet possible. * WHERE...Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 6 AM this morning to 6 PM EDT this evening. For the Gale Watch, from this evening through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
54°
68°/40°
Overcast·
Feels like 54°·Gentle breeze 12 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Cedar Island until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 15 degrees cooler: a high of 53° after 68° today.
Now. Cedar Island is 54° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:48 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 5 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
76%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
54feels54
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6840
93%
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5340
81%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5435
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5838
23%
Tue
Oct 20
6143
19%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
5944
16mph
Thu
Oct 22
5843
14mph
54°
68°40°
53°40°
54°35°
58°38°
61°43°
59°44°
58°43°
As of 7:00 AM in Cedar Island, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Cedar Island
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 13 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good23 mi
- Ozone32Good32 ppb10.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb23 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cedar Island
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Cedar Island, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 2 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing E 83°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44020, 28.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SSE (151°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 6 s from E
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 3 s from SSE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 6:50 AM
- Distance
- 28.3 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (151°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (164°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (138°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SE (133°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | ESE (114°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNE (21°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (30°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (8°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (5°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (12°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (1°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (352°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | N (350°) |
Beach
- County
- Plymouth County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.7358° N
- Longitude
- 70.7278° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cedar Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Bourne - Wings NeckWNGM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/8.3 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Otis ANGBFMH
At an airfield/11.9 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Marion 2.4 NMA-PL-56
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Umass Oranberry Experimental StnEWAM3
On a farm or research station/3.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Cedar Island
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Weweanticcommunity, 1 mi
- Wareham Centercommunity, 1 mi
- Marion Centercommunity, 3 mi
- Onsetcommunity, 3 mi
- West Warehamcommunity, 4 mi
- Buzzards Baycommunity, 6 mi
- Bournecommunity, 6 mi
- White Island Shorescommunity, 6 mi
- Mattapoisett Centercommunity, 7 mi
- Monument Beachcommunity, 7 mi
- Pocassetcommunity, 7 mi
- North Falmouthcommunity, 9 mi
Beaches near Cedar Island
- Swifts Beachunder 1 mi
- Briarwood Beachunder 1 mi
- Nobska Beachunder 1 mi
- Parkwood Beach1 mi
- Minot Forest Beach2 mi
- Little Harbor Beach3 mi
- Onset Beach4 mi
- Indian Mound Beach5 mi