Citizen station KB1DML-5KB1DML-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Norwood Heights Beach
Norwood Heights Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts52°
68°/43°
Overcast·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 9 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 78% around 10 AM.
Now. Norwood Heights Beach is 52° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is likely tomorrow (77%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:44 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 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
18Air quality
75%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
52feels52
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6843
98%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5141
77%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5331
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5836
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6140
12%
Wed
Oct 21
5842
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
5642
partly cloudy day
52°
68°43°
51°41°
53°31°
58°36°
61°40°
58°42°
56°42°
As of 5:00 AM in Norwood Heights Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Norwood Heights Beach
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 14 miles off.
18Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-
- Ozone18Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
GoodModerate
- 28YesterdayOct 15
- 35TodayOct 16
- 30SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Norwood Heights Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.39 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.39in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Norwood Heights Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 286°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
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 Eastern Essex MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 21.9 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- SE (146°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 10 s from ENE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 3 s from SSE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:50 AM
- Distance
- 21.9 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 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 2 s | S (179°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | E (101°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 10 s | E (96°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | E (92°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 5 s | NE (52°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (32°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NE (37°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (28°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 5 s | NE (35°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (41°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | E (87°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (15°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (337°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (315°) |
| Thu 7:20 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (313°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NW (317°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NW (320°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 6 feet | 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers | Mostly cloudy until 2 PM, then mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 60s | Around 50 |
| Winds | South winds around 15 mph | Northwest winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | NewburyportLow 1.5 ft, 10:13 AMHigh 8.2 ft, 4:07 PMGloucester HarborLow 1.9 ft, 9:27 AMHigh 8.7 ft, 3:41 PM | NewburyportLow 1.7 ft, 11:03 AMHigh 8.0 ft, 4:58 PMGloucester HarborLow 2.1 ft, 10:17 AMHigh 8.4 ft, 4:33 PM |
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.6615° N
- Longitude
- 70.6803° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Norwood Heights Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
GloucesterMA010
Beside a road/2.7 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/13.1 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Byfield Precipitation At Byfield424510070564401
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Gloucester 2.1 NWMA-ES-54
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Beverly 7NWBEVM3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/86 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 Beverly 7NW (BEVM3), 10.2 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 Norwood Heights Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gloucestercity, 3 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 3 mi
- Essexcommunity, 5 mi
- Ipswichcommunity, 8 mi
- Rowleycommunity, 11 mi
- Beverlycity, 12 mi
- Topsfieldcommunity, 14 mi
- Marbleheadcommunity, 15 mi
- Danverscommunity, 15 mi
- Newburyportcity, 15 mi
- Salemcity, 15 mi
- Salisburycommunity, 15 mi
Beaches near Norwood Heights Beach
- Wingaersheek Beachunder 1 mi
- Plum Cove Beach1 mi
- Coffins Beach2 mi
- Folly Cove Shore Dive Site3 mi
- Back Beach3 mi
- Front Beach3 mi
- Pavilion Beach4 mi
- Good Harbor Beach4 mi