Citizen station GW1240GW1240
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/35 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/Salisbury Beach
Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Stonington, ME to Port Clyde, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Port Clyde, ME to Cape Elizabeth, ME out 25 NM and Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to midnight EDT Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
53°
68°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 53°·Light breeze 7 mph SSE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Salisbury Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM (78%).
Now. Salisbury Beach is 53° and overcast at 10 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 7 mph, gusting to 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. 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.
1UV Low
21Air quality
94%Humidity
98%Cloud
Now
10:00 AM
53feels53
78%
Today
Oct 16
6841
98%
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
5141
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5431
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5835
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6238
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5941
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
5640
partly cloudy day
53°
68°41°
51°41°
54°31°
58°35°
62°38°
59°41°
56°40°
As of 10:00 AM in Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at Salisbury Beach
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 13 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good17.9 mi
- Ozone21Good29 ppb17.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good17.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb17.9 mi
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 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salisbury Beach
0.13 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.13in
- Last 3 days
- 0.35in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 37%
Visibility
How far you can see at Salisbury Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ESE 118°
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, 33.9 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
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- SE (146°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 11 s from N
- Wind waves
- 3.9 ft at 5 s from SE
- Water
- 58 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:10 AM
- Distance
- 33.9 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 10:10 AM | 3.9 ft | - | SE (146°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (159°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SSE (155°) |
| 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°) |
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
- 42.8225° N
- Longitude
- 70.8131° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Salisbury Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SalisburyMA002
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/85 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Byfield Precipitation At Byfield424510070564401
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.3 mi away/29 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Salisbury 0.7 WNWMA-ES-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
NewburyportNEWM3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 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), 6.1 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 Salisbury Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salisburycommunity, 2 mi
- Newburyportcity, 4 mi
- Amesbury Towncity, 7 mi
- Rowleycommunity, 8 mi
- Ipswichcommunity, 10 mi
- Essexcommunity, 13 mi
- Boxfordcommunity, 14 mi
- Haverhillcity, 14 mi
- Topsfieldcommunity, 15 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 15 mi
- Gloucestercity, 16 mi
- Beverlycity, 19 mi
Beaches near Salisbury Beach
- Sandy Beach2 mi
- Plum Island Beach3 mi
- Salisbury Beach3 mi
- The Knobbs6 mi
- Mothers Beach8 mi
- Clark Beach8 mi
- Steep Hill Beach9 mi
- Crane Beach10 mi