Citizen station GW6594GW6594
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/421 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 10 AM, the chance peaking at 77% around 11 AM.
Now. Lily Pond Beach is 41° and mostly clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 58°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:29 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 0 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Lily Pond Beach, Maine.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mid-Coast (ME), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.61 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing WSW 248°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Hancock.
Coastal Hancock, including Sand Beach. Issued 10:00 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Tomorrow | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf | 2 to 5 feet | Around 4 feet |
| Water temperature | 54 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio | - |
| UV index | Low | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None | None |
| Weather | Mostly cloudy. Rain | Mostly sunny. A chance of showers |
| High temperature | In the upper 50s | Around 50 |
| Winds | Southeast winds around 10 mph, increasing to south around 20 mph in the afternoon | Northwest winds around 20 mph |
| Tides | Sand BeachLow 2.1 ft, 9:06 AMHigh 10.3 ft, 3:13 PM | Sand BeachLow 2.4 ft, 9:55 AMHigh 9.9 ft, 4:04 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Lily Pond Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6594GW6594
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.7 mi away/421 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Isle Au Hart RAWSIAHM1
A remote fire weather station/10.7 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bar HaborBHB
At an airfield/21.8 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-395 Brewer134820
Beside a road/37.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Deer Isle 0.5 EME-HN-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BelfastBELM1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.1 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.