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Click for the latest New Bedford weather forecast.

Tides

Todays BB Tides from BoatMa.com website .

2007 BB Tide Predictions from NOAA.

NOAA Woods Hole Actual Tide Observations and Predictions, Historical Data.



Weather

Best Gov. site: NOAA Boston and Region Weather, updated hourly.
[click on map where you live for the land forecast, click the water for the water forecast.]

NOAA's New NowCoast Page
[Experimental site with combined GIS and real time info, slow with dial-up connections.]

Todays Weather Conditions (from NOAA's National Weather Service)

Important external link: National Weather Service, current storm total rainfall.

go to the NOAA Radar map site


Short Range Loop of above map (plus other neat maps).



Storms and Sea Conditions

BBP's Storm and Hurricane Page

Important external link:NOAA National Data Buoy Center BUZM3 station data - Buzzards Bay, MA, updated hourly

Important external link: Buzzards Bay Data Buoy BUZM3 wind and wave conditions, updated hourly
Wave Height recorder apparently has failed since August 2003. Check Nantucket Buoy data (graphs shown at bottom of this page).

Buoy 44008 (100 miles SE of Nantucket), wind and wave conditions, updated hourly

Map: Get wave/wind data from any Buoy in the Northeast US

Wind Gusts (previous 5 days) recorded at Buzzards Bay NOAA buoy

Cape Cod Times Special Report: Hurricane Bob Ten Years Later

NOAA Boston and Region Weather, updated hourly. [Best Gov. site, click on water map where you live.]

Todays Sea Conditions (from NOAA's National Weather Service)


Rainfall and Drought

Current Massachusetts DEM drought advisories information

Note that these are state drought advisories, not actual status adopted by municipalities. Many municipalities in Southeastern Massachusetts adopted water restrictions during drought periods as needed.

Go to the BBP's climate and rainfall data page



Miscellaneous

Snow Cover Maps.

Go to EPA's UV Index site (input your zip code)
Tonight's star chart


Gulf Stream thermal image near Cape Cod.Seawater Temperature and gulf stream off Northeast US
Yesterday's composite (opens new window)

Sunrise and set for New Bedford, MA, data from US Naval observatory

Tonight's moon phase. Tonight's moon phase.


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