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Sunset Beach, Washington

Beach in Snohomish County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Sunset Beach

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bremerton-Silverdale-Bainbridge Island (WA), 17 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good6.2 mi
  • Ozone-2 ppb17 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-17 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide21Good22.6 ppb17 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb17 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm15 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Sunset Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Sunset Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

FriSat
Sunset Beach from its sand, nowLooking NW from the sand at 11:19 PM, night, mostly clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.310NW320330340Facing NW 325°Wind 2 mphfrom ENE, along the beach
Looking NW from the sand at 11:19 PM, night, mostly clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing NW 325°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 51.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
51.3 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 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 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 10:50 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 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
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--

Beach

County
Snohomish County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.8145° N
Longitude
122.3810° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sunset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW3983FW3983

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/398 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-5 At I-405TLYNN

Beside a road/5.6 mi away/381 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Everett - Paine FieldPAE

At an airfield/7.9 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Seattle WFOSEAW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/33 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Edmonds 1.7 SWA-SN-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/179 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Seattle WaSEW

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/24 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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