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Raft Island, Washington

Community in Pierce County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Raft Island

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 14 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Raft Island

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Raft Island, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.

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On the radar over Raft Island, WashingtonReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Raft Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

TacomaNDBC-TCMW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,390of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

Tacoma No. 1TACW1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/6 ft/133 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Tacoma Narrows, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from Raft Island, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:53 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 Tacoma Narrows, 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 TIWFIG. A THE SKY OVER TACOMA NARROWSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETacoma Narrows, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TIWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TIW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 77 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 Tacoma Narrows: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 77 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 TIWFIG. B THE AIR AT TACOMA NARROWSTHE 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 47.4 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLETacoma Narrows, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TIWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TIW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Tacoma Narrows, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TIWFIG. C THE WIND AT TACOMA NARROWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETacoma Narrows, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TIWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TIW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Tacoma Narrows, 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 Raft Island

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

Near Raft Island

River and lake gauges