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Kalaloch Beach 2, Washington

Beach in Jefferson County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Kalaloch Beach 2

Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Taholah (WA), 12 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good20.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 7, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kalaloch Beach 2

None in the last 24 hours; 0.28 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.28in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kalaloch Beach 2, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 5 hours.

FriSatSun
Kalaloch Beach 2 from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 6:38 PM, the sun low over the water, mostly cloudy, waves about 5.5 ft every 12 s.SW230240250260Facing WSW 244°Moon 57° leftWind 3 mphfrom SSW, onshoreSwell 5.5 ft from WNWLongshore current, to the left
Looking WSW from the sand at 6:38 PM, the sun low over the water, mostly cloudy, waves about 5.5 ft every 12 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 244°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46041, 25.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46041, Cape Elizabeth

Wave height
6.9 ft
Period
12 s
From
WNW (284°)
Swell
6.9 ft at 12 s from WNW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
58 °F
Read
Fri 5:50 PM
Distance
25.7 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 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.9 ft; 6.9 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6.9 ftWave height at buoy 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.9 ft; 6.9 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftThuNoonFriNoon6.9 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.9 ft; 6.9 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 PM6.9 ft12 sWNW (284°)
Fri 4:50 PM5.9 ft13 sW (275°)
Fri 3:50 PM5.6 ft13 sW (281°)
Fri 2:50 PM4.9 ft13 sWNW (288°)
Fri 1:50 PM5.9 ft14 sW (273°)
Fri 12:50 PM5.6 ft14 sWNW (284°)
Fri 11:50 AM5.2 ft14 sWNW (291°)
Fri 10:50 AM6.6 ft15 sWNW (292°)
Fri 9:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (268°)
Fri 8:50 AM6.2 ft15 sW (275°)
Fri 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWNW (288°)
Fri 6:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (280°)
Fri 5:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (271°)
Fri 4:50 AM4.9 ft16 sW (276°)
Fri 3:50 AM4.3 ft16 sWNW (282°)
Fri 2:50 AM3.9 ft16 sWNW (296°)
Fri 1:50 AM3.3 ft16 sW (274°)
Fri 12:50 AM3.0 ft16 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.0 ft17 sW (271°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (206°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.0 ft14 sSSW (207°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft14 sWSW (241°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (195°)

Beach

County
Jefferson County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.6331° N
Longitude
124.3820° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Kalaloch Beach 2, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

QueetsTQUEE

Beside a road/7.1 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Black Knob RAWSBKBW1

A remote fire weather station/20.0 mi away/656 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Quillayute StateUIL

At an airfield/22.6 mi away/203 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station FW0249FW0249

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.0 mi away/288 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Quinault 4 NE04237

At a climate reference station/28.0 mi away/286 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Forks 6.9 WSWWA-CM-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.6 mi away/90 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Forks 1EFORW1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.3 mi away/377 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Forks 1E (FORW1), 22.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

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