Citizen station GW1195GW1195
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 62° after 71° today.
Now. Short Beach is 52° and mostly cloudy at 5 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 10 PM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 63°, and the coolest Monday, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 57 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 5:00 AM in Short Beach, Oregon.
Air quality
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Tillamook (OR), 6 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 8 AM, under a mile for 20 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing WNW 293°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The surf zone forecast for Manzanita, Rockaway Beach and Pacific City Oregon, and the waves at buoy 46029, 53.3 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | WNW (294°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SW (232°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | W (259°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SW (228°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SW (230°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 9 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SSW (211°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (272°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (196°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 8 s | W (277°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | WSW (245°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 11 s | WNW (291°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 8 s | W (271°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (209°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 12 s | WNW (295°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (295°) |
Manzanita, Rockaway Beach and Pacific City Oregon. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | 6 to 9 ft | 5 to 8 ft |
| Offshore swell | Northwest 5 ft at 12 seconds. Southwest 2 ft at 15 seconds | West 5 ft at 13 seconds |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Partly cloudy |
| High temperature | Around 70 | 60 to 65 |
| Wind | NE at 4 mph | W at 1 mph |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Sunrise - 7:33 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:29 PM PDT | Sunrise - 7:35 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:28 PM PDT |
| Tides |
The 6 instruments nearest Short Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW1195GW1195
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
10 Meter WindsGARO3
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
TillamookTMK
At an airfield/8.4 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
OR6 WB at Lees Camp MP23.62OD121
Beside a road/22.4 mi away/584 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tillamook 5.1 SSEOR-TL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tillamook 6SeTKSO3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/102 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.