QueetsTQUEE
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Beaches/Washington/Ruby Beach
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow night, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 87% around 12 AM.
Now. Ruby Beach is 55° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Monday, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%). Rain is possible Saturday (35%), Monday (40%) and Wednesday (33%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Ruby Beach, Washington.
Air quality
Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Taholah (WA), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.16 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing WSW 256°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46041, 29.1 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:20 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (208°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (241°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (237°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | SSW (199°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (207°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 14 s | SW (217°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | SSW (209°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 16 s | WSW (238°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | SW (216°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | SW (230°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 12 s | W (281°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 9 s | W (277°) |
| Thu 4:20 AM | 4.3 ft | 9 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (256°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 9 s | WNW (288°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 9 s | WNW (284°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (282°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 11 s | WNW (293°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 14 s | W (270°) |
The 7 instruments nearest Ruby Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 12.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
QueetsTQUEE
Beside a road/12.7 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
ForksFRKW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.9 mi away/318 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/17.0 mi away/203 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW0249FW0249
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.7 mi away/288 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Quinault 4 NE04237
At a climate reference station/31.4 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/15.1 mi away/90 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Forks 1EFORW1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/377 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Forks 1E (FORW1), 17.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.