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Glass Beach, California

Beach in Solano County, California

Air quality

The air at Glass Beach

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Concord (CA), 9 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good14.7 mi
  • Ozone17Good11 ppb13.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide16Good17.4 ppb14.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.8 ppb12.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm14.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Glass Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Glass Beach, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Glass Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSW from the sand at 2:00 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 15 s.190200210220SW230Facing SSW 210°Wind 1 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 3.4 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the left
Looking SSW from the sand at 2:00 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing SSW 210°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46026, 42.1 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco

Wave height
4.3 ft
Period
15 s
From
WSW (247°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 15 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from WNW
Water
60 °F
Read
Fri 12:40 AM
Distance
42.1 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 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Fri 12:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.3 ftWave height at buoy 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Fri 12:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon4.3 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Fri 12:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:40 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (247°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.9 ft16 sWSW (246°)
Thu 10:50 PM4.3 ft15 sSW (219°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.6 ft14 sW (274°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.3 ft-WSW (241°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.6 ft13 sW (260°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.9 ft14 sSW (228°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.3 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft14 sW (260°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSW (233°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.6 ft-WSW (245°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.9 ft15 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.9 ft-W (280°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (252°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.6 ft14 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 AM4.3 ft15 sW (276°)

Beach

County
Solano County
State
California
Latitude
38.0542° N
Longitude
122.1681° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Glass Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW7397GW7397

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/264 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Martinez-Amorco PierNDBC-MZXC1

At a harbour/2.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Concord/BuchananCCR

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR-12 - SR-160CF105

Beside a road/27.7 mi away/-6 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Benicia 1.3 SWCA-SO-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

VallejoVLJC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.3 mi away/362 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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