Citizen station GW6608GW6608
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/92 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Middle Beach, Maine
Beach in York County, Maine* WHAT...South to southwest winds winds 15 to 25 kt through this evening becoming northwest tonight and Saturday. Gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft. * 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...Until 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.
62°
66°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Middle Beach until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 49° after 66° today.
Now. Middle Beach is 62° and overcast at 6 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 49°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:39 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 2 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
31Air quality
98%Humidity
92%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
62feels62
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
6638
99%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
4939
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5129
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5433
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5934
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5538
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5335
13%
62°
66°38°
49°39°
51°29°
54°33°
59°34°
55°38°
53°35°
As of 6:00 PM in Middle Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Middle Beach
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 17 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-
- Ozone26Good25 ppb11 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Middle Beach
0.09 in in the last 24 hours, 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.09in
- Last 3 days
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 27%
Visibility
How far you can see at Middle Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 200°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 12.3 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 5.6 ft
- Period
- 7 s
- From
- SSE (152°)
- Swell
- 4.9 ft at 7 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from SSE
- Water
- 56 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:20 PM
- Distance
- 12.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 5:20 PM | 5.6 ft | 7 s | SSE (152°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 6 s | SSE (163°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 7 s | SSE (165°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | S (174°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | S (176°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 5 s | S (180°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | - | SSW (192°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SSW (192°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | S (185°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | S (190°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | S (176°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | SSE (165°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 3 s | S (173°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | SSE (152°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 12 s | E (99°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SSE (148°) |
| Fri 12:50 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 | - | - |
Beach
- County
- York County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.4397° N
- Longitude
- 70.3549° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Middle Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Nerrs Meteorological Site At Wells ReserveWEXM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.9 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/14.2 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rt. 202 EB Alfred102699
Beside a road/18.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Biddeford 2.0 EME-YK-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/48 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
KennebunkportKBPM1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Middle Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Old Orchard Beachcommunity, 5 mi
- Biddefordcity, 6 mi
- Sacocity, 7 mi
- Kennebunkportcommunity, 7 mi
- Dunstancommunity, 9 mi
- Kennebunkcommunity, 10 mi
- Oak Hillcommunity, 11 mi
- West Kennebunkcommunity, 12 mi
- South Portlandcity, 14 mi
- Portlandcity, 16 mi
- Westbrookcity, 17 mi
- Gorhamcommunity, 17 mi
Beaches near Middle Beach
- Biddeford Pool Beachunder 1 mi
- Fortunes Rocks Beachunder 1 mi
- Hills Beach1 mi
- Freddy Beach2 mi
- Camp Ellis Reach2 mi
- Ferry Beach2 mi
- Bayview Beach4 mi
- Kinney Shores Beach4 mi