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Fourth of July Beach, Washington

Beach in San Juan County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Fourth of July Beach

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 18 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Tue 5 AM.

SunMonTue

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fourth of July Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fourth of July Beach, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.2 miles Sun 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.

SunMonTue
Fourth of July Beach from its sand, nowLooking NE from the sand at 8:42 AM, daylight, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 9 s.203040NE50Facing NE 38°Sun 79° right
Looking NE from the sand at 8:42 AM, daylight, overcast, waves about 0.6 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing NE 38°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 12.4 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Swell
0.7 ft at 6 s from WSW
Wind waves
0.3 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
52 °F
Read
Sun 8:20 AM
Distance
12.4 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 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 3.3 ft; 0.7 ft at Sun 8:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun6 AM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 3.3 ft; 0.7 ft at Sun 8:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ftNoonSatNoonSun0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 3.3 ft; 0.7 ft at Sun 8:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sun 8:20 AM0.7 ft--
Sun 7:50 AM1.0 ft6 sWSW (245°)
Sun 6:50 AM1.0 ft8 sSW (233°)
Sun 5:50 AM1.0 ft9 sWSW (242°)
Sun 4:50 AM1.3 ft8 sWSW (243°)
Sun 3:50 AM1.0 ft10 sWSW (247°)
Sun 2:50 AM0.7 ft--
Sun 1:50 AM1.0 ft4 sWSW (240°)
Sun 12:50 AM1.0 ft4 sWSW (253°)
Sat 11:50 PM1.0 ft4 sWSW (245°)
Sat 10:50 PM1.3 ft4 sW (265°)
Sat 9:50 PM2.0 ft4 sW (265°)
Sat 8:50 PM2.3 ft4 sW (267°)
Sat 7:50 PM3.0 ft5 sWSW (258°)
Sat 6:50 PM3.3 ft4 sW (267°)
Sat 5:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (265°)
Sat 4:50 PM3.0 ft4 sWSW (256°)
Sat 3:50 PM2.6 ft4 sWSW (258°)
Sat 2:50 PM2.3 ft4 sWSW (255°)
Sat 1:50 PM2.3 ft3 sW (272°)
Sat 12:50 PM1.6 ft3 sWSW (253°)
Sat 11:50 AM1.6 ft3 sWSW (255°)
Sat 10:50 AM1.6 ft3 sWSW (250°)
Sat 9:50 AM1.3 ft3 sW (261°)

Beach

County
San Juan County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.4701° N
Longitude
123.0057° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fourth of July Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LopezS31

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/190 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Friday HarborNDBC-FRDW1

At a harbour/5.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station CW6225CW6225

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/74 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Mount VernonTAVON

Beside a road/26.3 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Friday Harbor 3.6 SWA-SJ-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/285 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/24.6 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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