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West Beach, Texas

Beach in Galveston County, Texas

Air quality

The air at West Beach

Index 76, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Houston-Galveston-Brazoria (TX), 46 miles off.

76Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)76Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)44Good-

The days ahead

Highest unhealthy for sensitive groups, Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Thu 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

TueWedThu

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Tue 10 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 West Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Thu 7 AM.

TueWedThu
West Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 11:54 AM, the sun ahead, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 6 s.130SE140150160Facing SE 146°Wind 11 mphfrom NE, along the beachSwell 3.4 ft from ESELongshore current, to the right
Looking SE from the sand at 11:54 AM, the sun ahead, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 6 s.
NESW

Facing SE 146°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 42035, 35.4 mi away.

Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston

Wave height
4.3 ft
Period
6 s
From
ESE (114°)
Swell
2.0 ft at 8 s from SE
Wind waves
3.9 ft at 6 s from ESE
Water
78 °F
Read
Tue 11:20 AM
Distance
35.4 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 2.3 ft to 5.2 ft; 4.3 ft at Tue 11:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMMon6 AMNoon6 PMTue6 AM4.3 ftWave height at buoy 42035, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 5.2 ft; 4.3 ft at Tue 11:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftMonNoonTue4.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 5.2 ft; 4.3 ft at Tue 11:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Tue 11:20 AM4.3 ft6 sESE (114°)
Tue 10:50 AM4.6 ft6 sESE (119°)
Tue 9:50 AM3.9 ft6 sESE (112°)
Tue 8:50 AM4.6 ft6 sSE (125°)
Tue 7:50 AM4.3 ft7 sSE (125°)
Tue 6:50 AM3.9 ft6 sSE (126°)
Tue 5:50 AM3.6 ft4 sE (96°)
Tue 4:50 AM3.6 ft5 sE (101°)
Tue 3:50 AM3.6 ft5 sE (93°)
Tue 2:50 AM3.9 ft5 sE (101°)
Tue 1:50 AM3.9 ft5 sESE (115°)
Tue 12:50 AM3.9 ft5 sESE (116°)
Mon 11:50 PM3.6 ft6 sSE (124°)
Mon 10:50 PM3.6 ft5 sESE (104°)
Mon 9:50 PM3.6 ft5 sESE (120°)
Mon 8:50 PM3.6 ft5 sESE (111°)
Mon 7:50 PM3.6 ft7 sSE (125°)
Mon 6:50 PM3.6 ft6 sSE (131°)
Mon 5:50 PM3.6 ft6 sSE (124°)
Mon 4:50 PM3.6 ft6 sSE (126°)
Mon 3:50 PM3.6 ft5 sESE (113°)
Mon 2:50 PM3.9 ft6 sESE (119°)
Mon 1:50 PM3.9 ft6 sESE (119°)
Mon 12:50 PM3.9 ft5 sESE (105°)

Beach

County
Galveston County
State
Texas
Latitude
29.1698° N
Longitude
94.9920° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Galveston 99th St.TCEQ-1034

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Galveston/ScholesGLS

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station DW9349DW9349

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Galveston 3.6 WSWTX-GV-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

FreeportDOWT2

At a cooperative observer's station/26.9 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Freeport (DOWT2), 26.9 miles from here, read 19 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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