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McFaddin Beach, Texas

Beach in Jefferson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at McFaddin Beach

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 29 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Ozone31Good34 ppb12.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at McFaddin Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at McFaddin Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat
McFaddin Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 1:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 2.6 ft every 5 s.Achernar150160170SFacing SSE 162°Wind 3 mphfrom ESE, onshoreSwell 2.6 ft from SELongshore current, to the right
Looking SSE from the sand at 1:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 2.6 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 162°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 42035, 35.2 mi away.

Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
5 s
From
SE (126°)
Swell
0.0 ft
Wind waves
3.3 ft at 5 s from SE
Water
83 °F
Read
Fri 12:20 AM
Distance
35.2 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 42035, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM3.3 ftWave height at buoy 42035, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:20 AM3.3 ft5 sSE (126°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.3 ft6 sSE (129°)
Thu 10:50 PM3.3 ft6 sSE (135°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.3 ft6 sSE (133°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.0 ft6 sSE (130°)
Thu 7:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (140°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (142°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSE (139°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.0 ft5 sSSE (155°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.0 ft5 sSSE (147°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSSE (168°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.6 ft5 sSSE (161°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.6 ft6 sSSE (163°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.6 ft6 sSSE (168°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.6 ft5 sSSE (153°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft5 sSSE (153°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.0 ft5 sSSE (151°)
Thu 7:50 AM3.0 ft5 sSE (144°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.0 ft5 sSSE (150°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.0 ft5 sS (175°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.3 ft6 sSSE (167°)
Thu 3:50 AM3.0 ft5 sSE (144°)
Thu 2:50 AM3.3 ft5 sSE (133°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft6 sS (170°)

Beach

County
Jefferson County
State
Texas
Latitude
29.6620° N
Longitude
94.0903° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest McFaddin Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

McfaddenFADT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW9386FW9386

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Beaumont - Port ArthurBPT

At an airfield/20.4 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/30.6 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

CityPTHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.0 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Beaumont 13.1 SSWTX-JJ-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.7 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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