Citizen station GW1240GW1240
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/35 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Plum Island Beach
Plum Island Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, MassachusettsGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, south winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 2 to 3 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...Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich 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.
44°
68°/42°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 44°·Light air 2 mph S
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Plum Island 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 this morning, from about 9 AM, the chance peaking at 83% around 10 AM.
Now. Plum Island Beach is 44° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 5 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 (71%). 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
27Air quality
84%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
44feels44
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6842
99%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5141
71%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5531
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5836
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6138
10%
Wed
Oct 21
5841
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5638
partly cloudy day
44°
68°42°
51°41°
55°31°
58°36°
61°38°
58°41°
56°38°
As of 2:00 AM in Plum Island Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Plum Island Beach
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 10 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good21.3 mi
- Ozone8Good0 ppb21.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good21.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.8 ppb22.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.6 ppb21.3 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
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Plum Island Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Plum Island Beach, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 75°
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 Eastern Essex MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 30.6 mi away.
Rest of today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- Around 3 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Moderate
Waves at buoy 44013, Boston
- Wave height
- 1.6 ft
- Period
- 2 s
- From
- S (179°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from E
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 2 s from S
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:50 AM
- Distance
- 30.6 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 1:50 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°) |
| Thu 3:20 AM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | NNW (328°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNW (335°) |
Surf zone forecast
Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Rest of today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | Around 3 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Moderate | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Sunny | Cloudy. Patchy fog. Showers |
| High temperature | Around 60 | In the upper 60s |
| Winds | East winds around 5 mph | South winds 15 to 20 mph |
| Tides | NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft, 3:21 PMGloucester HarborHigh 9.1 ft, 2:56 PM | 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 |
- Saturday
- Surf height 4 to 6 feet. Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 20 mph
- Sunday
- Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
- Monday
- Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Essex County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 42.7741° N
- Longitude
- 70.8027° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Plum Island Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Byfield Precipitation At Byfield424510070564401
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SalisburyMA002
Beside a road/7.9 mi away/85 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/14.3 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Newburyport 1.1 ESEMA-ES-96
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NewburyportNEWM3
At a cooperative observer's station/7.8 mi away/102 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 Newburyport (NEWM3), 7.8 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Plum Island Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Newburyportcity, 5 mi
- Salisburycommunity, 5 mi
- Rowleycommunity, 5 mi
- Ipswichcommunity, 7 mi
- Amesbury Towncity, 9 mi
- Essexcommunity, 10 mi
- Boxfordcommunity, 12 mi
- Topsfieldcommunity, 12 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 13 mi
- Gloucestercity, 13 mi
- Haverhillcity, 14 mi
- Beverlycity, 15 mi
Beaches near Plum Island Beach
- Sandy Beachunder 1 mi
- The Knobbs3 mi
- Salisbury Beach3 mi
- Mothers Beach5 mi
- Clark Beach5 mi
- Steep Hill Beach6 mi
- Crane Beach6 mi
- Salisbury Beach7 mi