Citizen station GW6594GW6594
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/421 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Now. Wadsworth Cove Beach is 47° and partly cloudy at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 48° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 59°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:48 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 10:29 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 57 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Wadsworth Cove Beach, Maine.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Mid-Coast (ME), 3 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, 0.47 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing NW 315°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Coastal Hancock.
Coastal Hancock, including Sand Beach. Issued 2:26 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.
| Forecast | Today | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf | 3 to 4 feet | Around 2 feet, subsiding to around 1 foot in the afternoon |
| Water temperature | 55 °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 | Partly sunny until 5 PM, then sunny | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the upper 40s | In the upper 40s |
| Winds | Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph | West winds around 5 mph |
| Tides | Sand BeachLow 2.4 ft, 9:55 AMHigh 9.9 ft, 4:04 PM | Sand BeachLow 2.6 ft, 10:49 AMHigh 9.7 ft, 4:59 PM |
The 7 instruments nearest Wadsworth Cove Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station GW6594GW6594
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/421 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Ducktrap River At LincolnvilleLINM1
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.2 mi away/138 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Bar HaborBHB
At an airfield/22.5 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-395 Brewer134820
Beside a road/26.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Old Town 2 W94644
At a climate reference station/36.6 mi away/127 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Searsport 0.4 SWME-WL-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/55 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BelfastBELM1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.