Citizen station GW5290GW5290
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/97 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sandy Point Beach, Maine
Beach in Cumberland County, Maine* WHAT...South winds, shifting to west of 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 1 to 4 ft expected. * WHERE...Penobscot Bay and Casco Bay. * 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.
38°
65°/37°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 38°·Calm 1 mph ENE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Sandy Point 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 74% around 10 AM.
Now. Sandy Point Beach is 38° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 62°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:56 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 9:37 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
25Air quality
94%Humidity
20%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
38feels38
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6537
99%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5138
35%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5529
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5832
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6234
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5936
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5632
mostly clear day
38°
65°37°
51°38°
55°29°
58°32°
62°34°
59°36°
56°32°
As of 2:00 AM in Sandy Point Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Point Beach
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 8 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good22.3 mi
- Ozone25Good26 ppb14.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good22.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Point Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Point Beach, the next 43 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 299°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44007, 17.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44007, Portland
- Wave height
- 1.0 ft
- Period
- 8 s
- From
- SE (128°)
- Swell
- 0.7 ft at 8 s from SE
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 2 s from ENE
- Water
- 55 °F
- Read
- Fri 1:20 AM
- Distance
- 17.2 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 1:20 AM | 1.0 ft | 8 s | SE (128°) |
| 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 | - | - |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Cumberland County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 43.7738° N
- Longitude
- 70.1458° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sandy Point Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/7.0 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PortlandNDBC-CASM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/12.0 mi away/62 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Yarmouth 0.8 SEME-CM-171
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/109 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Gray NWS WFOGYX
At a cooperative observer's station/9.8 mi away/407 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 Gray NWS WFO (GYX), 9.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 14:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Maine
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Sandy Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cousins Islandcommunity, 1 mi
- Littlejohn Islandcommunity, 1 mi
- Yarmouthcommunity, 3 mi
- Falmouth Foresidecommunity, 5 mi
- Cumberland Centercommunity, 6 mi
- Freeportcommunity, 6 mi
- Falmouthcommunity, 6 mi
- Portlandcity, 10 mi
- South Portlandcity, 12 mi
- Graycommunity, 12 mi
- Westbrookcity, 12 mi
- Brunswickcommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near Sandy Point Beach
- Chandler Cove Beach4 mi
- Sandy Beach5 mi
- East End Beach5 mi
- Kennedy Beach6 mi
- Andrews Beach6 mi
- Fowler's Beach7 mi
- Suprise Beach7 mi
- Centennial Beach8 mi