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West Beach, Washington

Beach in Skagit County, Washington

Air quality

The air at West Beach

Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 4 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at West Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 1 PM.

ThuFriSat
West Beach from its sand, nowLooking NW from the sand at 8:36 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.Arcturus290300310NW320330Facing NW 310°Moon 87° leftWind 2 mphfrom NNE, along the beach
Looking NW from the sand at 8:36 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing NW 310°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 24.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 7:50 PM
Distance
24.7 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 7:50 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 7:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftWedNoonThuNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 7:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
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--
Wed 8:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
Skagit County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.4977° N
Longitude
122.7013° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest West Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW6023FW6023

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/90 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Whidbey Island NASNUW

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/10.9 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Mount VernonTAVON

Beside a road/12.8 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Anacortes 2.7 WWA-SG-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Padilla Bay FarmPBFW1

On a farm or research station/10.9 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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