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North Beach, Washington

Beach in San Juan County, Washington

Air quality

The air at North Beach

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 25 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone9Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 North Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 1 AM.

SatSun
North Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 12:06 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 1.0 ft every 4 s.250260W280290Facing W 270°Wind 4 mphfrom SSW, onshoreSwell 1.0 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 12:06 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 1.0 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing W 270°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 14.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
4 s
From
WSW (241°)
Swell
0.3 ft at 12 s from S
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
52 °F
Read
Fri 11:20 PM
Distance
14.6 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 1.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonFriNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 11:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 11:20 PM1.3 ft4 sWSW (241°)
Fri 10:50 PM1.3 ft4 sSW (236°)
Fri 9:50 PM1.3 ft3 sWSW (237°)
Fri 8:50 PM1.3 ft-WSW (246°)
Fri 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 6:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 5:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 4:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 3:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 2:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 11:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 10:50 AM0.7 ft--
Fri 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 8:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 7:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 6:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 5:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 4:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 3:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 2:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 AM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
San Juan County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.5431° N
Longitude
123.1609° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Friday HarborFHR

At an airfield/6.4 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW2217GW2217

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/189 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Friday Harbor 6.0 WWA-SJ-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Sequim 2 ESEQW1

At a cooperative observer's station/32.0 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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