10 Meter WindsGARO3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 2 AM (56%).
Now. Short Sand Beach is 57° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 52° by 11 PM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 62°, and the coolest Monday, near 56°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:11 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 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Short Sand Beach, Oregon.
Air quality
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tillamook (OR), 22 miles off.
Yesterday measured 13, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 11 AM, under a mile for 17 hours.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SW 227°
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, 37.2 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 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°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 10 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 13 s | W (264°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (285°) |
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 Sand Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
10 Meter WindsGARO3
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.3 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WWS US101 SB at Seaside MP23.17 OR US ODOTODT64
Beside a road/14.1 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW2877GW2877
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.6 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
TillamookTMK
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Nehalem 2.7 NNEOR-TL-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nehalem 9 NeNHMO3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/147 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.