Eastsound/Orcas Island AirportORS
At an airfield/0.9 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/Washington/Terrill Beach
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (81%).
Now. Terrill Beach is 50° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 49° by 1 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 62°, and the coolest Sunday, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (81%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8:54 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Terrill Beach, Washington.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 18 miles off.
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing NE 56°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46088, 29.5 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 7:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 7 s | W (267°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
The 6 instruments nearest Terrill 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
Eastsound/Orcas Island AirportORS
At an airfield/0.9 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW2490GW2490
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,019 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Cherry Point South DockNDBC-CPMW1
At a harbour/11.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/21.0 mi away/92 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Eastsound 0.3 NWA-SJ-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/81 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BlaineBLNW1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.8 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.