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Joe Hamel Beach, Washington

Beach in Skagit County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Joe Hamel Beach

Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 6 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
  • Ozone3Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Joe Hamel Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Joe Hamel Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat
Joe Hamel Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 3:52 AM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.240250260WFacing WSW 255°
Looking WSW from the sand at 3:52 AM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 255°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 33.8 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Fri 3:20 AM
Distance
33.8 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 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 3:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 3:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonThuNoonFri0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 3:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 3:20 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 2:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 11:50 PM0.0 ft--
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°)

Beach

County
Skagit County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.4899° N
Longitude
122.4818° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Joe Hamel Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/1.9 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Burlington/Mt_VeBVS

At an airfield/3.1 mi away/144 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Mount VernonTAVON

Beside a road/3.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station EW5898EW5898

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/118 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/1.9 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Anacortes 2.35 NNEWA-SG-27

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/222 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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