Citizen station GW0815GW0815
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/480 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Washington/Caledonia Beach
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 73° today.
Now. Caledonia Beach is 73° and clear at 4 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 62° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 63°, and the coolest Thursday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). Rain is possible Thursday (33%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:57 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 52 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 PM in Caledonia Beach, Washington.
Air quality
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 PM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 9 miles off.
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 11 AM, lowest 7 miles Sat 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing NW 315°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The 6 instruments nearest Caledonia Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW0815GW0815
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/480 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
TacomaNDBC-TCMW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/7.4 mi away/292 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tacoma 4.6 NNEWA-PR-78
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/253 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tacoma No. 1TACW1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.