Citizen station GW0085GW0085
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.7 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Sandy Point Beach, Maine
Beach in Waldo County, Maine* WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 2 to 5 ft expected. * WHERE...Penobscot Bay and Casco Bay. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning 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°
63°/37°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 38°·Light air 3 mph E
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 10 AM, the chance peaking at 77% around 11 AM.
Now. Sandy Point Beach is 38° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 61°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:50 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
19Air quality
92%Humidity
61%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
38feels38
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6337
99%
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
5037
78%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5331
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5735
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6137
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5836
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5433
mostly clear day
38°
63°37°
50°37°
53°31°
57°35°
61°37°
58°36°
54°33°
As of 4:00 AM in Sandy Point Beach, Maine.
Air quality
The air at Sandy Point Beach
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Mid-Coast (ME), 10 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sandy Point Beach
None in the last 24 hours; 1.30 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.30in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Sandy Point Beach, the next 41 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.8 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 150°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Waldo County
- State
- Maine
- Latitude
- 44.5083° N
- Longitude
- 68.8082° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 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 5.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Ducktrap River At LincolnvilleLINM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-395 Brewer134820
Beside a road/19.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/20.7 mi away/194 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Old Town 2 W94644
At a climate reference station/28.9 mi away/127 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Orland 0.1 SME-HN-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/220 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BelfastBELM1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.1 mi away/82 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
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Near Sandy Point Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Beaches near Sandy Point Beach
- Wadsworth Cove Beach8 mi
- MMA Beach8 mi
- Spragues Beach10 mi
- Billys Shore13 mi
- Big Tree Beach13 mi
- Bakeman Beach14 mi
- Redman Beach14 mi
- Cals Beach15 mi