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West Beach, Washington

Beach in Whatcom County, Washington

Air quality

The air at West Beach

Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 11 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 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 West Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.07 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
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at West Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 4 AM.

FriSat
West Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 9:26 PM, night, mostly clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.280290300310NW320Facing WNW 300°
Looking WNW from the sand at 9:26 PM, night, mostly clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 300°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 36.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 8:50 PM
Distance
36.6 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 ftWedNoonThuNoon0.3 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
48.7407° N
Longitude
122.6710° 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 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station NS7V-1NS7V-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/163 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bellingham INTLBLI

At an airfield/7.1 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/7.5 mi away/68 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BlaineBLNW1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.3 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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