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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Massachusetts/The Strand
The Strand, Massachusetts
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts50°
52°/41°
Light rain·
Feels like 50°·Fresh breeze 19 mph NNW
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 7 AM (55%).
Now. The Strand is 50° and light rain at 6 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north-northwest at 19 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 52° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:58 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:47 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
83%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
50feels50
47%
19mph
Today
Oct 17
5241
46%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5439
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
5741
11%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
5745
15%
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
5645
11%
19mph
Thu
Oct 22
5745
24%
17mph
Fri
Oct 23
5845
18%
17mph
50°
52°41°
54°39°
57°41°
57°45°
56°45°
57°45°
58°45°
As of 6:00 AM in The Strand, Massachusetts.
Air quality
The air at The Strand
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Cape Cod and Islands (MA), 15 miles off.
20Good
- Ozone20Good20 ppb21.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 27, good.
GoodModerate
- 27YesterdayOct 16
- 30TodayOct 17
- 30SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
- 35TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Mon 2 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at The Strand
0.28 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.28in
- Last 3 days
- 0.28in
Visibility
How far you can see at The Strand, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Mon 2 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 59°
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 Barnstable MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 24.3 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- East Coast Moderate
- Surf height
- East Coast 5 to 7 feet
- Water temperature
- East Coast In the upper 50s
- UV index
- Low
Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 3 s
- From
- NNW (327°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 7 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 2.0 ft at 3 s from NNW
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Sat 5:50 AM
- Distance
- 24.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | WNW (292°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | W (276°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | W (271°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (251°) |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (245°) |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (241°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | WSW (238°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SSW (207°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SE (146°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.3 ft | - | SSE (153°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (131°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | SSE (147°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | SE (141°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | SE (134°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (151°) |
Surf zone forecast
Barnstable MA, including Chatham, Eastham, and Provincetown. Issued 4:11 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | East Coast Moderate | East Coast High |
| Surf height | East Coast 5 to 7 feet | East Coast 4 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | East Coast In the upper 50s | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy until 5 PM, then mostly sunny. Showers likely | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 50s | In the mid 50s |
| Winds | Breezy. North winds around 25 mph | Northeast winds around 10 mph |
| Tides | Nauset BeachLow 1.0 ft, 9:41 AMHigh 4.0 ft, 3:50 PMHyannisportLow 1.1 ft, 10:51 AMHigh 3.4 ft, 5:47 PMBarnstable HarborLow 2.4 ft, 10:54 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 4:48 PM | Nauset BeachLow 1.1 ft, 10:36 AMHigh 3.9 ft, 4:46 PMHyannisportHigh 2.7 ft, 6:46 AMLow 1.1 ft, 11:41 AMBarnstable HarborLow 2.5 ft, 11:49 AMHigh 8.9 ft, 5:44 PM |
- Monday
- Surf height 9 to 12 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. East winds around 10 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height 8 to 11 feet. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Wednesday
- Surf height 8 to 10 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Barnstable County
- State
- Massachusetts
- Latitude
- 41.7978° N
- Longitude
- 70.5257° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest The Strand, 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
Sagamore Rt 6MA037
Beside a road/3.3 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station FW7635FW7635
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Otis ANGBFMH
At an airfield/9.6 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sagamore Beach 0.7 SWMA-BA-67
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/97 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East SandwichESNM3
At a cooperative observer's station/6.4 mi away/161 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 East Sandwich (ESNM3), 6.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:30. measured daily
Elsewhere in Massachusetts
17 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near The Strand
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sagamorecommunity, 1 mi
- Sandwichcommunity, 3 mi
- Buzzards Baycommunity, 6 mi
- White Island Shorescommunity, 6 mi
- Bournecommunity, 6 mi
- East Sandwichcommunity, 6 mi
- Monument Beachcommunity, 7 mi
- The Pinehillscommunity, 7 mi
- Forestdalecommunity, 8 mi
- Onsetcommunity, 8 mi
- Pocassetcommunity, 8 mi
- Wareham Centercommunity, 11 mi
Beaches near The Strand
- Sagamore Beachunder 1 mi
- Scusset Beach2 mi
- Town Beach3 mi
- Springhill Brook4 mi
- Springhill Beach5 mi
- East Sandwich Beach5 mi
- Surfside Beach5 mi
- Main Beach6 mi