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Skokomish, Washington

Community in Mason County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Skokomish

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater (WA), 26 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Skokomish

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Skokomish, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Skokomish, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Mcfd12-Stn 3MFDW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.7 mi away/620 ft/591 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank924of 1,451

measured daily2 instruments

Shelton 4.9 NNWWA-MS-20

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/335 ft/306 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Shelton/Sanderson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from Skokomish, Washington. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Shelton/Sanderson, 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 SHNFIG. A THE SKY OVER SHELTON/SANDERSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEShelton/Sanderson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SHNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SHN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Shelton/Sanderson: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SHNFIG. B THE AIR AT SHELTON/SANDERSONTHE 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 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.0 F, 47.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEShelton/Sanderson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SHN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Shelton/Sanderson, 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 SHNFIG. C THE WIND AT SHELTON/SANDERSONPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEShelton/Sanderson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SHNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SHN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Shelton/Sanderson, 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 Skokomish

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

Near Skokomish

River and lake gauges