Citizen station GW0815GW0815
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/480 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Washington/Dash Point State Park Beach
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (60%).
Now. Dash Point State Park Beach is 54° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 72°, and the coolest Monday, near 58°. Rain is likely tomorrow (60%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Dash Point State Park Beach, Washington.
Air quality
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing NNW 348°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The 6 instruments nearest Dash Point State Park Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW0815GW0815
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/480 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
TacomaNDBC-TCMW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR 167 At S 277Th StTKENT
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/9.2 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/1.6 mi away/253 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tacoma No. 1TACW1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 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.