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South Point Higgins Beach, Alaska

Beach in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
South Point Higgins Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 3:39 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s.W280290300Facing WNW 285°Wind 23 mphfrom SSE, offshore
Looking WNW from the sand at 3:39 AM, night, overcast, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 285°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Beach

Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough
State
Alaska
Latitude
55.4484° N
Longitude
131.8304° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest South Point Higgins 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 now5 instruments

Kitchikan 2NW - BaileyBPWA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.2 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW5586GW5586

In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/210 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Metlakatla 6 S25381

At a climate reference station/29.9 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Hollis HwyHOHA2

Beside a road/39.6 mi away/316 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Ketchikan 13NKTAA2

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/327 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Ketchikan 3.3 WNWAK-KG-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.2 mi away/57 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Ketchikan 13N (KTAA2), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily

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