Citizen station GW6594GW6594
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/421 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Reach Beach, Maine
Beach in Hancock County, Maine* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 5 to 8 ft expected. * WHERE...Coastal Waters from Eastport, ME to Schoodic Point, ME out 25 NM, Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME out 25 NM and Intra Coastal Waters from Schoodic Point, ME to Stonington, ME. * WHEN...From 11 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.
42°
64°/40°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Light air 3 mph N
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Reach 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 11 AM (76%).
Now. Reach Beach is 42° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 3 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 59°, 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 9:28 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.
0UV Low
22Air quality
90%Humidity
18%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
42feels42
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6440
99%
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5238
81%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5434
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5539
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5941
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5739
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5437
mostly clear day
42°
64°40°
52°38°
54°34°
55°39°
59°41°
57°39°
54°37°
As of 12:00 AM in Reach Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Reach Beach
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Mid-Coast (ME), 12 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good19.7 mi
- Ozone22Good22 ppb19.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good19.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb19.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm19.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 20, good.
GoodModerate
- 20YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Reach Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 0.69 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
- 0.69in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Reach Beach, the next 45 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 5 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 200°
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 Coastal Hancock.
Tomorrow
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 2 to 5 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
Surf zone forecast
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 |
- Sunday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds around 10 mph
- Monday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph
Beach
- County
- Hancock County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 44.2359° N
- Longitude
- 68.6147° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Reach Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Isle Au Hart RAWSIAHM1
A remote fire weather station/11.1 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bar HaborBHB
At an airfield/19.4 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-395 Brewer134820
Beside a road/37.6 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/2.7 mi away/115 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
East SurryESUM1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.4 mi away/99 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 Surry (ESUM1), 19.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Reach Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Blue Hillcommunity, 12 mi
- Castinecommunity, 14 mi
- Southwest Harborcommunity, 14 mi
- Northeast Harborcommunity, 16 mi
- Acadia National Parkfeature, 21 mi
- Searsportcommunity, 22 mi
- Bar Harborcommunity, 23 mi
- Camdencommunity, 23 mi
- Ellsworthcity, 23 mi
- Belfastcity, 24 mi
- Bucksportcommunity, 26 mi
- Camden Snow Bowlski area, 26 mi
Beaches near Reach Beach
- Lily Pond Beach3 mi
- Causeway Beach4 mi
- Birchhead Shore6 mi
- Mud Beach8 mi
- Ledge Beach8 mi
- Lighthouse Beach8 mi
- The Brook Beach8 mi
- Orchard Beach9 mi