Citizen station FW0871FW0871
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Half Mile Beach, Maine
Beach in Sagadahoc County, Maine* WHAT...South winds, shifting to west of 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 Friday 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.
39°
66°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Calm 0 mph NNE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Half Mile 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 9 AM, the chance peaking at 80% around 1 PM.
Now. Half Mile Beach is 39° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (48%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:35 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 1 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
94%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
39feels39
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6637
99%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5237
48%
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
5630
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5833
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6335
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
6036
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5733
mostly clear day
39°
66°37°
52°37°
56°30°
58°33°
63°35°
60°36°
57°33°
As of 1:00 AM in Half Mile Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Half Mile Beach
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 25 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone24Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Half Mile Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.48 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.48in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Half Mile Beach, the next 44 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing W 267°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 26.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 0.7 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- -
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 0.3 ft at 3 s from SW
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 26.4 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 12:20 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (123°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (127°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | ESE (113°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (146°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 7 s | SE (133°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 2 s | NNW (348°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | NNW (327°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 8 s | ESE (118°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (6°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (3°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | N (0°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | N (359°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 8 s | SE (142°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (149°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 3 s | N (9°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (155°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 7 s | SE (135°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 7 s | SE (132°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 8 s | SE (141°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 8 s | SE (138°) |
Beach
- County
- Sagadahoc County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.7717° N
- Longitude
- 69.7372° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Half Mile Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
BrunswickBXM
At an airfield/13.1 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/18.8 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PortlandNDBC-CASM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/26.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Georgetown 1.4 EME-SG-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BathBTHM1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/1 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 Bath (BTHM1), 12.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Half Mile Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Boothbay Harborcommunity, 8 mi
- Bathcity, 11 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 15 mi
- Topshamcommunity, 16 mi
- Wiscassetcommunity, 17 mi
- Bowdoinhamcommunity, 19 mi
- Freeportcommunity, 19 mi
- Littlejohn Islandcommunity, 19 mi
- Cousins Islandcommunity, 20 mi
- Damariscottacommunity, 21 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 21 mi
- Richmondcommunity, 22 mi
Beaches near Half Mile Beach
- Mile Beachunder 1 mi
- East Beach1 mi
- Popham Beach3 mi
- Hunnewell Beach3 mi
- South Beach4 mi
- Hendricks Head Beach4 mi
- Cole Beach4 mi
- Seawall Beach5 mi