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South Beach, Maine

Beach in Lincoln County, Maine

Air quality

The air at South Beach

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southwest Coast (ME), 29 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 1.20 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
1.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Beach, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 3 PM, under a mile for 3 hours.

FriSat
South Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSW from the sand at 1:05 AM, night, clear, waves about 0.6 ft every 9 s.190200210220Facing SSW 202°
Looking SSW from the sand at 1:05 AM, night, clear, waves about 0.6 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SSW 202°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 44007, 30.2 mi away.

Waves at buoy 44007, Portland

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Swell
0.7 ft at 8 s from ESE
Wind waves
0.3 ft at 3 s from SW
Water
55 °F
Read
Fri 12:20 AM
Distance
30.2 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.

Wave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 0.7 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 44007, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 0.7 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 5.6 ft; 0.7 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:20 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 11:50 PM1.0 ft8 sESE (123°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.0 ft8 sSE (127°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.0 ft8 sESE (113°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.0 ft8 sSE (146°)
Thu 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM1.0 ft7 sSE (133°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.3 ft2 sNNW (348°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft3 sNNW (327°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (118°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft3 sN (6°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.6 ft3 sN (3°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.6 ft3 sN (0°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft3 sN (359°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft8 sSE (142°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSSE (149°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.6 ft3 sN (9°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.0 ft8 sSSE (155°)
Thu 4:50 AM2.0 ft7 sSE (135°)
Thu 3:50 AM2.3 ft7 sSE (132°)
Thu 2:50 AM2.3 ft8 sSE (141°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft8 sSE (138°)

Beach

County
Lincoln County
State
Maine
Latitude
43.8118° N
Longitude
69.6841° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW0871FW0871

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

WiscassetIWI

At an airfield/10.4 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

MaineDoT - Freeport 2020ME017

Beside a road/20.5 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Southport 3.4 SME-LN-29

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BathBTHM1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/1 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bath (BTHM1), 11.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Maine

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Near South Beach

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