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Clayton Beach, Washington

Beach in Whatcom County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Clayton Beach

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 8 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clayton Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Clayton Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat
Clayton Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 2:56 AM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.SW230240250260Facing WSW 243°
Looking WSW from the sand at 2:56 AM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 243°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 38.5 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Fri 12:50 AM
Distance
38.5 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 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonThuNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 11:50 PM0.0 ft--
Thu 10:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 2:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 1:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 12:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 11:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 10:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 6:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 AM1.0 ft7 sW (267°)
Thu 3:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 AM0.7 ft--

Beach

County
Whatcom County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.6482° N
Longitude
122.4870° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clayton Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW6852GW6852

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/180 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bellingham INTLBLI

At an airfield/10.2 mi away/157 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/12.7 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bellingham 6.0 SSWWA-WC-89

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/239 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/12.7 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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