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Ruby Beach, Washington

Beach in Jefferson County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Ruby Beach

Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Taholah (WA), 14 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 12, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ruby Beach

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.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ruby Beach, the next 44 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 4 hours.

FriSat
Ruby Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 10:03 PM, night, clear, waves about 2.1 ft every 15 s.240250260WFacing WSW 256°Wind 5 mphfrom E, offshoreSwell 2.1 ft from SSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking WSW from the sand at 10:03 PM, night, clear, waves about 2.1 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 256°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46041, 29.1 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46041, Cape Elizabeth

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
SSW (208°)
Swell
2.3 ft at 15 s from SSW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from SE
Water
58 °F
Read
Thu 9:20 PM
Distance
29.1 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 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 9:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.6 ftWave height at buoy 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 9:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWedNoonThuNoon2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 9:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:20 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (208°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft14 sWSW (241°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.3 ft15 sWSW (237°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.6 ft16 sSSW (199°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (207°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.3 ft14 sSW (217°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.6 ft14 sWSW (239°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft16 sSSW (209°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.6 ft16 sWSW (238°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft16 sSW (216°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.9 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.3 ft16 sSW (230°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft12 sW (281°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.3 ft9 sW (277°)
Thu 4:20 AM4.3 ft9 sWNW (292°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft9 sWNW (288°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft9 sWNW (284°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.6 ft9 sWNW (282°)
Wed 11:50 PM5.2 ft11 sWNW (293°)
Wed 10:50 PM5.6 ft14 sW (270°)

Beach

County
Jefferson County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.7109° N
Longitude
124.4155° W

What is measuring near here

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

Quillayute StateUIL

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

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