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Hermosa Beach, Washington

Beach in Whatcom County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Hermosa Beach

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 9 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hermosa Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hermosa Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat
Hermosa Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 11:20 PM, night, fog, the water nearly flat every 9 s.120130SE140150Facing SE 137°
Looking SE from the sand at 11:20 PM, night, fog, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SE 137°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 36.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
36.7 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 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. 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 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonThuNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
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--
Thu 12:50 AM0.7 ft--
Wed 11:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Whatcom County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.7270° N
Longitude
122.6424° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hermosa Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW5772GW5772

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bellingham INTLBLI

At an airfield/6.6 mi away/157 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bellingham 2.7 SWWA-WC-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BlaineBLNW1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.6 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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