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Squalicum Beach, Washington

Beach in Whatcom County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Squalicum Beach

Index 40, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 4 miles off.

40Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)40Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Squalicum Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat
Squalicum Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 10:12 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.200210220SW230Facing SW 214°
Looking SW from the sand at 10:12 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SW 214°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 42.5 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
51 °F
Read
Thu 8:50 PM
Distance
42.5 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 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonThuNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
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°)
Thu 3:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 12:50 AM0.7 ft--
Wed 11:50 PM0.3 ft--
Wed 10:50 PM0.3 ft--
Wed 9:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Whatcom County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.7648° N
Longitude
122.5181° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Squalicum Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW1826GW1826

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bellingham INTLBLI

At an airfield/2.1 mi away/157 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bellingham 2.4 NWWA-WC-105

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/68 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ClearbrookCLBW1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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