Citizen station CW8553CW8553
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/350 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/Washington/Des Moines Beach
Des Moines Beach, Washington
Beach in King County, Washington57°
71°/49°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 4 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (56%).
Now. Des Moines Beach is 57° and mostly clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 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 (56%). Rain is possible Saturday (33%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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.
0UV Low
55Air quality
80%Humidity
16%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
57feels57
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
7149
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
7252
56%
Sat
Oct 17
6254
33%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5945
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
5845
12%
Tue
Oct 20
5845
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6044
16%
57°
71°49°
72°52°
62°54°
59°45°
58°45°
58°45°
60°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Des Moines Beach, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Des Moines Beach
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley (WA), 11 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate9 mi
- Ozone4Good3 ppb11.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good11.1 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide11Good12.6 ppb11.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb11.7 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm11.7 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 33FriOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Des Moines Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Des Moines Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 225°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- King County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 47.4040° N
- Longitude
- 122.3304° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Des Moines Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/449 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Spring Brook Ck Nr OrilliaSBKW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR 167 At S 277Th StTKENT
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Des Moines 2.3 NNWWA-KG-318
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/336 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tacoma No. 1TACW1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Des Moines Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Normandy Parkcity, 2 mi
- SeaTaccity, 3 mi
- Lakeland Northcommunity, 5 mi
- Buriencity, 5 mi
- Tukwilacity, 5 mi
- Kentcity, 6 mi
- Federal Waycity, 6 mi
- Vashoncommunity, 7 mi
- White Centercommunity, 7 mi
- Bryn Mawr-Skywaycommunity, 7 mi
- Dash Pointcommunity, 7 mi