Page Links Change Location One Page Printer Page HELP AIS Default setup SAVE setting RECALL saved setting

Marine Weather and Tides Sanford, ME Version 3.4

NOTICE 12/16/2019 NOAA is having trouble with requests that include wind gusts. I am posting graphs without wind gusts until it gets fixed. 10/9/2019 Updated the Marine Zones. 9/4/2019 Fixed the weather maps due to NOAA moving them. 7/25/2019 New feature in the Airports section gives a link to 5 minute updates for data reports.

---

Sunrise 7:05AM

Sunset 4:45PM

Friday January 24, 2020 9:02 PM EST (02:02 UTC)

Moonrise 8:09AM

Moonset 5:29PM

Illumination 0%

NOTE: Some of the data on this page has not been verified and should be used with that in mind. It may and occasionally will, be wrong. The tide reports are by xtide and are NOT FOR NAVIGATION.

---

---

7 Day Forecast for Marine Location Near Sanford, ME

   Hourly   EDIT   Help

---

Area Discussion for - Gray/Portland, ME

      (on/off)   Help   NOTE: mouseover dotted underlined text for definition
FXUS61 KGYX 250037 AFDGYX

Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Gray ME 737 PM EST Fri Jan 24 2020

SYNOPSIS. High pressure will build by to our north tonight into Saturday. An onshore flow will bring clouds and the chance for some spotty drizzle or freezing drizzle overnight. Low pressure will approach from the west Saturday and cross the region Saturday night with heavy precipitation possible. Much of next week should feature fair weather.

NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/. 730 PM . For the overnight, did some tweaking to the DZ forecast, and pushed it closer to the ESE upslope areas and also held it off until closer to daybreak. Will have to watch for some patchy areas of FZDZ in this area, but, could be just some very light SN as well /snizzle, if you will/. Despite the onshore flow aloft, fairly deep boundary lyr of NE flow which always introduces more dry air than expected, which will affect both the timing and the possibility of ice crystals in the cloud, even if they are very small. I did carry this trend into Sat morning, but thinking that there will be enough mixing by afternoon to break up the DZ, and will have to deal with the approaching precip developing at higher levels in the atmosphere.

At 19z a 1038 millibar high was centered over eastern Quebec province. GOES imagery showed extensive high and patchy mid clouds across the area. The onshore flow was also producing some low clouds that had begun to work onshore along the coastal plain For tonight. low clouds will continue to spread inland across southern and coastal sections Elsewhere. mainly high and some patchy mid clouds for the balance of the night. We may see some spotty drizzle and freezing drizzle towards morning in southern and coastal sections. Otherwise a dry night with lows in the 20s and lower 30s.

SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/. On Saturday . onshore flow increases between the high over the maritimes and the frontal system approaching from the mid Atlantic region. We'll see some spotty drizzle or light freezing drizzle through early afternoon before steadier precipitation arrives over southern and western New Hampshire by late afternoon in the form of rain. highs Saturday mainly in the 30s with a few lower 40s over southeast New Hampshire and along the immediate coast. On Saturday night steady precipitation quickly overspreads the remainder of the area in advance of 60 knot low level jet and becomes heavy at times. It looks like a 6 hour window of moderate to heavy precipitation along and ahead of this jet. Winds near the coast may gust close to 40 mph for a brief period as heavy rain mixes some stronger winds down at times. Temperatures will be steady or slowly rise ahead of the occluded front and surface low before dropping off following its passage Concerning p-type we'll see a mix of sleet. light freezing rain and wet snow across the mountains and foothills with rain elsewhere along with a period of freezing rain and sleet for some interior sections away from the coast. We're likely to need winter weather advisories for the mountains and foothills from Saturday evening into Sunday morning for the mixed. Much of southern New Hampshire as well as coastal areas should see rain heavy at times with some localized urban and poor drainage issues possible. In between these two areas . it'll depend largely on surface temperatures being above freezing when the steadier precipitation develops towards Saturday evening. Steadier precipitation will quickly taper from southwest to northeast Saturday night with passage of the occluded front and coastal low On Sunday. colder air begins to wrap back into the area behind the surface low with cooling column changing lingering precipitation across the higher terrain back to snow.

LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/. The upper level low associated with the weekend storm system will gradually pass through New England on Monday. The instability from this low, combined with upslope winds, will likely keep snow showers ongoing across the Mountains into Monday night. Some snow showers are also possible outside of the mountains as the low moves eastward into the Canadian Maritimes Monday evening.

Even after the upper level low moves away from our region, broad troughing will linger across the southern part of the country during the midweek, and will gradually weaken by late in the week. During this same time period, anomalously strong ridging will persist across central and northern Canada. The ridge will more or less remain centered over the Hudson Bay region through the end of next week.

The result for temperatures from this pattern is that anomalous warmth will continue across much of Canada, while below normal temps will cool even further through late in the week across the Mid- Atlantic and southern states. New England will be in the middle of these two regimes, with temperatures remaining fairly close to normal next week after cooling off with the departure of the upper level low Monday night.

There is some indication of an amplification in the pattern across eastern North America by next weekend, hedging towards more large scale troughing by next weekend.

AVIATION /01Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/. Short Term /Through Sunday/ . MVFR cigs dvlpg tonight in onshore flow with spotty drizzle/freezing drizzle possible. Conditions lowering to IFR and LIFR from sw to ne aft 21z Sat in RA for southern NH and coastal ME sites with a messy mix of PL/FZRA and wet snow for mtn sections. Sfc wind Sat night will gust to 35 kt at coastal TAF sites. Conditions improve to MVFR Sunday in cigs and sct -SHRA/-SHSN.

Long Term . An upper level low will bring periodic snow showers, reduced visibilities, and lowered ceilings at times on Monday, mainly across northern areas. Gradual clearing and mainly fair conditions are expected to return by midweek next week.

MARINE. Short Term /Through Sunday/ . Easterly winds increase tonight into tomorrow with increasing fog, drizzle, and eventually rain chances. SCA wind and waves likely develop tomorrow afternoon, before strengthening to a period of Gales Saturday night all waters. Lingering SCA's are likely all waters Sunday.

Long Term . A weak frontal boundary will cross the waters Monday into Monday night. A fresh breeze will gradually ease on Tuesday. Broad ridging will slowly build across the waters from Tuesday through the end of the week.

TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING. Persistent and strengthening onshore flow could produce some beach erosion during the midday high tide on Saturday. Some beach erosion and splash-over will be possible with the Saturday night and Sunday high tides.

GYX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES. ME . None. NH . None. MARINE . Gale Watch from Saturday evening through Sunday morning for ANZ150>154.

SYNOPSIS . NEAR TERM . Cempa/Schwibs SHORT TERM . Schwibs LONG TERM . Clair AVIATION . MARINE . TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING .

---

Weather Reporting Stations

   EDIT       (on/off)   Help   NOTE: Click on distance to see the station location on a map

Stations	Dist	Age	Wind	Air Temp	Water Temp	Waves	Pressure	DewPt
WELM1 - 8419317 - Wells, ME	14 mi	44 min	NNE 7 G 8.9	38°F	41°F		1030.6 hPa
WEXM1 - Wells Reserve, ME	14 mi	62 min	N 5.1	38°F				35°F
44030 - Buoy B0102 - Western Maine Shelf	26 mi	118 min	E 12 G 14			5 ft	1030.9 hPa
BGXN3 - Great Bay Reserve, NH	27 mi	77 min	NNE 1.9	36°F			1030 hPa	35°F
44073	31 mi	118 min	E 9.7 G 14	43°F	42°F
CASM1 - 8418150 - Portland, ME	32 mi	50 min		38°F	38°F
44007 - PORTLAND 12 NM Southeast of Portland,ME	34 mi	72 min	E 12 G 14	40°F	40°F	4 ft	1030.4 hPa (+0.6)	35°F
IOSN3 - Isle of Shoals, NH	34 mi	62 min	ENE 13 G 14	42°F			1029.4 hPa (+0.0)	36°F

Wind History for Wells, ME

(wind in knots)    EDIT      (on/off)   Help

8 PM

9 PM

10 PM

11 PM

12 AM

1 AM

2 AM

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

6 AM

7 AM

8 AM

9 AM

10 AM

11 AM

12 PM

1 PM

2 PM

3 PM

4 PM

5 PM

6 PM

7 PM

Last 24hr

SW1

N2

N1

N4

N2

W1

N2

N8

N6 G9

N5

N6

N8

N8

N7

NE8

N5 G9

NE7 G12

NE10

E12 G15

NE10 G13

NE7 G11

NE5 G9

NE5

NE6 G9

1 day ago

SW2

SW5

W3

SW4

W2

W4

W1 G5

NW3

NW1

SW7

W1

SW4 G7

NW2

W4

N3

SW3

SE4

S1

S4

SW2

SW2

N2

N3

N3

2 days ago

W3

W4

NW3

NW2

SE1

W3 G6

W3

W2

NW2

W1

W2

E2

N4

--

S1

S3

SE2

S4

SE6

SE5

S5

SW3

SW4

SW2

---

Airport Reports

    EDIT      (on/off)   Help   Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.

Airport	Dist	Age	Wind kt	Visibility	Sky/Weather	Temp	DewPt	Humidity	Pressure
Sanford, Sanford Regional Airport, ME	5 mi	66 min	NE 7	10.00 mi	Overcast	36°F	33°F	89%	1031.1 hPa
Rochester - Skyhaven Airport, NH	14 mi	71 min	NNE 6	10.00 mi	Overcast	37°F	30°F	79%	1030.1 hPa
Pease Air Force Base / Portsmouth, NH	24 mi	3.1 hrs	NNE 5	7.00 mi	Overcast	38°F	33°F	85%	1030.2 hPa

Link to 5 minute data for KSFM

Wind History from SFM (wind in knots)

10 PM

11 PM

12 AM

1 AM

2 AM

3 AM

4 AM

5 AM

6 AM

7 AM

8 AM

9 AM

10 AM

11 AM

12 PM

1 PM

2 PM

3 PM

4 PM

5 PM

6 PM

7 PM

8 PM

9 PM

Last 24hr

Calm

SW3

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

N6

N3

N6

N5

NE11

NE5

NE8

NE7

E8

NE8

NE9

NE5

NE6

NE7

NE7

NE6

1 day ago

Calm

SW3

SW4

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

SW3

S3

S3

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

Calm

2 days ago

Calm

Calm

W3

Calm

Calm

W4

SW3

Calm

Calm

W3

W4

Calm

SE3

Calm

Calm

W5

3

SW5

4

SW4

SW4

Calm

Calm

Calm

---

Tide / Current Tables for Kennebunkport, Maine

   EDIT   Weekend mode (on/off)   (on/off)   Help   One Week of Data

---

Tide / Current Tables for Salmon Falls River entrance, Piscataqua River, New Hampshire

   EDIT      (on/off)   Help   One Week of Data

---

Weather Map

       (on/off)   Help Weather Map

---

GEOS Local Image of    EDIT
NOTE: East coast views moved to GEOS-16. They are experimental and not well supported by NOAA so they may not be correct so be warned. This change required redoing a large amount of the GOES code. If the image you are expecting is not showing, please let me know. You may need to use the EDIT function to update your location.
Link to Loop

Other links: Northern Pacific     Contential US     Full GOES-East

---

Wind Forecast for Gray/Portland, ME (21,6,7,8)

      (on/off)   Help

---

Ground Weather Radar Station Portland, ME

   (on/off)   Help

---

Cookie Policy: This website uses cookies to save your settings. No personal information is saved. I do not collect statistics on your visit. You can disable cookies in your browser if you like but it is not recommended for this site. I do not sell cookies. Go to a bakery for that. In fact I do not sell anything. To disable cookies from L-36.com, please refer to the Help button in your browser. Privacy Policy: I do not sell or share any user data or anything else for that matter. The only personal information I save is in the site log which has a line for each page view which includes the IP address your browser sends in the header as well as which page you requested. I use this to block hackers and other bad actors. I do not use this raw data to create profiles on users. I periodically delete the log files. If you are subject to CCPA, Google ads on this site will not be based on your past behavior so you will likely not see an ad for a lawn mower just because you looked for one at a big box website. I do not believe this site is subject to CCPA but I am doing what I can to follow the guidelines anyway. Disclaimer: The information on this web site has not been checked for accuracy. It is for entertainment purposes only and should be independently verified before using for any other reason. There are five sources. 1) Documents and manuals from a variety of sources. These have not been checked for accuracy and in many cases have not even been read by anyone associated with L-36.com. I have no idea of they are useful or accurate, I leave that to the reader. 2) Articles others have written and submitted. If you have questions on these, please contact the author. 3) Articles that represent my personal opinions. These are intended to promote thought and for entertainment. These are not intended to be fact, they are my opinions. 4) Small programs that generate result presented on a web page. Like any computer program, these may and in some cases do have errors. Almost all of these also make simplifying assumptions so they are not totally accurate even if there are no errors. Please verify all results. 5) Weather information is from numerous of sources and is presented automatically. It is not checked for accuracy either by anyone at L-36.com or by the source which is typically the US Government. See the NOAA web site for their disclaimer. Finally, tide and current data on this site is from 2007 and 2008 data bases, which may contain even older data. Changes in harbors due to building or dredging change tides and currents and for that reason many of the locations presented are no longer supported by newer data bases. For example, there is very little tidal current data in newer data bases so current data is likely wrong to some extent. This data is NOT FOR NAVIGATION. See the XTide disclaimer for details. In addition, tide and current are influenced by storms, river flow, and other factors beyond the ability of any predictive program.