At an airfield/5.6 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Little Beach
Little Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Dukes 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.
56°
69°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 56°·Gentle breeze 13 mph SSE
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Little Beach 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. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 8 AM (53%).
Now. Little Beach is 56° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southeast at 13 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (75%). Rain is possible Monday (30%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
74%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 AM
56feels56
13mph
Today
Oct 16
6938
91%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
5439
75%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5537
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5938
30%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6142
24%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
6042
18mph
Thu
Oct 22
5942
15%
17mph
56°
69°38°
54°39°
55°37°
59°38°
61°42°
60°42°
59°42°
As of 7:00 AM in Little Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Little Beach
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 18 miles off.
30Good
- Ozone30Good29 ppb15.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Little Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 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
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Little Beach, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNE 17°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Dukes MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 13.5 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 3 to 7 feet
- Water temperature
- In the lower 60s
- UV index
- Low
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
- 13.5 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Dukes MA, including Edgartown and Aquinnah. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 3 to 7 feet | 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the lower 60s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers likely |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | In the lower 50s |
| Winds | South winds around 20 mph | North winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Squibnocket PointHigh 2.6 ft, 11:38 AMLow 0.7 ft, 5:48 PM | Squibnocket PointHigh 2.5 ft, 12:28 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 20 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 3 feet. Partly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Dukes County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.3964° N
- Longitude
- 70.5064° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Little Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Woods HoleNDBC-BZBM3
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW2970FW2970
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.9 mi away/-7 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Barnstable Tourist Info CenterMA023
Beside a road/23.0 mi away/101 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
EdgartownEDGM3
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Edgartown 0.5 SSEMA-DK-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/37 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Little Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Edgartowncommunity, 1 mi
- Oak Bluffscommunity, 5 mi
- Vineyard Havencommunity, 7 mi
- Seconsett Islandcommunity, 12 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 12 mi
- Woods Holecommunity, 12 mi
- New Seaburycommunity, 12 mi
- East Falmouthcommunity, 12 mi
- Monomoscoy Islandcommunity, 12 mi
- Teaticketcommunity, 12 mi
- Popponessetcommunity, 12 mi
- Popponesset Islandcommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near Little Beach
- Fuller Street Beachunder 1 mi
- Lighthouse Beachunder 1 mi
- Chappy Point Beachunder 1 mi
- Chappaquiddick Beachunder 1 mi
- Edgartown Beach2 mi
- Joseph Sylvia State Beach2 mi
- Bend-in-the-Road Beach3 mi
- East Beach3 mi