South Coastal Massachusetts AT New Bedford Hurrcane BarrierNBDM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/East Beach
East Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Bristol County, Massachusetts50°
69°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 50°·Light air 3 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 80% around 12 PM.
Now. East Beach is 50° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:01 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:49 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 6 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
94%Humidity
11%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
50feels50
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6941
90%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5340
83%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5533
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5938
15%
Tue
Oct 20
6241
17%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6042
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5841
partly cloudy day
50°
69°41°
53°40°
55°33°
59°38°
62°41°
60°42°
58°41°
As of 2:00 AM in East Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at East Beach
Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 7 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good15.1 mi
- Ozone27Good33 ppb3.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb15.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
GoodModerate
- 12YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at East Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at East Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Southern Bristol MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 32.8 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- Around 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SE (130°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 6 s from E
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from SE
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 32.8 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 1:20 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | SE (130°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NW (321°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (341°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 2 s | NW (318°) |
Surf zone forecast
Southern Bristol MA, including Westport, Dartmouth, and New Bedford. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf height | Around 2 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the lower 60s | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 10 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | Westport HarborHigh 3.0 ft, 11:44 AMLow 0.6 ft, 5:37 PM | Westport HarborHigh 2.7 ft, 12:32 PM |
- Saturday
- Surf height 5 to 7 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 15 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northwest winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs around 60. South winds around 10 mph
Beach
- County
- Bristol County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.5976° N
- Longitude
- 70.9032° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest East Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW0364EW0364
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/6.1 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Westport Rt 88MA038
Beside a road/10.2 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
South Dartmouth 1.2 NMA-BR-96
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
RochesterEFRM3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/92 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 Rochester (EFRM3), 12.9 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 East Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bliss Cornercommunity, 2 mi
- New Bedfordcity, 3 mi
- Smith Millscommunity, 5 mi
- Acushnet Centercommunity, 6 mi
- Mattapoisett Centercommunity, 7 mi
- North Westportcommunity, 10 mi
- Marion Centercommunity, 10 mi
- Weweanticcommunity, 13 mi
- Woods Holecommunity, 14 mi
- Wareham Centercommunity, 14 mi
- West Falmouthcommunity, 14 mi
- Fall Rivercity, 15 mi
Beaches near East Beach
- Medeiros Beachunder 1 mi
- Noname Beachunder 1 mi
- West Beachunder 1 mi
- Pope"S Beach3 mi
- Knowles Beach3 mi
- Knollmere Beach3 mi
- West Island Town Beach4 mi
- Round Hill Beach5 mi