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Jackson Beach, Washington

Beach in San Juan County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Jackson Beach

Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 18 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good18.2 mi
  • Ozone6Good8 ppb18.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, 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 Jackson Beach

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 3 AM.

FriSat
Jackson Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 11:13 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.130SE140150160170Facing SSE 150°
Looking SSE from the sand at 11:13 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 150°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 15.1 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
15.1 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
San Juan County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.5198° N
Longitude
123.0110° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Jackson Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Friday HarborFHR

At an airfield/0.6 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Friday HarborNDBC-FRDW1

At a harbour/1.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW2217GW2217

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/189 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Mount VernonTAVON

Beside a road/27.0 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Friday Harbor 1.2 SEWA-SJ-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/25.2 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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