Eastsound/Orcas Island AirportORS
At an airfield/6.7 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/Washington/Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base
Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base, Washington
Seaplane base in San Juan County, Washington49°
63°/46°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 49°·Calm 0 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (72%).
Now. Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base is 49° and mostly clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 5 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 60°, and the coolest Sunday, near 54°. Rain is possible Thursday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:52 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 10 hours 49 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
97%Humidity
22%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
49feels49
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6346
75%
Sat
Oct 17
6050
25%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5442
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5543
13%
Tue
Oct 20
5543
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5543
23%
Thu
Oct 22
5543
31%
49°
63°46°
60°50°
54°42°
55°43°
55°43°
55°43°
55°43°
As of 12:00 AM in Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 17 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
- Ozone6Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 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
- 0.02in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WA83
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- WSX
- Field elevation
- -
- Serves
- West Sound
- Kind
- Seaplane base
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- -
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 / 28 unlit | 4,000 ft | 500 ft | Water | - | - | - |
| 18 / 36 unlit | 5,000 ft | 500 ft | Water | - | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Roche Harbor - English CampNSJW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.0 mi away/84 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Lake Samish Park And RideTSAMI
Beside a road/25.9 mi away/538 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Orcas 0.7 NNWWA-SJ-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/169 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1
On a farm or research station/24.8 mi away/3 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
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Friday Harbortown, 6 mi
- Roche Harborcommunity, 8 mi
- Anacortescity, 17 mi
- Marietta-Alderwoodcommunity, 23 mi
- Ferndalecity, 23 mi
- Whidbey Island Stationcommunity, 23 mi
- Bellinghamcity, 24 mi
- Birch Baycommunity, 24 mi
- Bay Viewcommunity, 24 mi
- Edisoncommunity, 24 mi
- Custercommunity, 25 mi
- Bowcommunity, 25 mi
Airports near Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base
- Deer Harbor SPB88WA, 2 mi
- Rosario Seaplane BaseW49, 4 mi
- Friday Harbor Seaplane BaseW33, 6 mi
- Orcas Island AirportORS, 7 mi
- Blakely Island Airport38WA, 7 mi
- Waldron Airstrip90WA, 7 mi
- Friday Harbor AirportFHR, 7 mi
- Fishermans Bay Seaplane Base81W, 7 mi