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Bay Center, Washington

Community in Pacific County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Bay Center

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Raymond (WA), 12 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Bay Center

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Bay Center, the next 45 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 18 hours.

FriSat

On the radar over Bay Center, WashingtonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bay Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ocean Park 2.2 NWA-PC-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/22 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Raymond 2 SRYMW1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.9 mi away/16 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank17of 1,451

Station report

The weather at Hoquiam/Bowerman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.1 mi from Bay Center, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Hoquiam/Bowerman, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQMFIG. A THE SKY OVER HOQUIAM/BOWERMANSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEHoquiam/Bowerman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HQMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 52.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hoquiam/Bowerman: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 52.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQMFIG. B THE AIR AT HOQUIAM/BOWERMANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.4 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 52.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEHoquiam/Bowerman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HQMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hoquiam/Bowerman, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HQMFIG. C THE WIND AT HOQUIAM/BOWERMANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHoquiam/Bowerman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HQMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HQM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hoquiam/Bowerman, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bay Center

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Bay Center

River and lake gauges