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MacFadden Beach, Texas

Beach in Jefferson County, Texas

Air quality

The air at MacFadden Beach

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Beaumont-Port Arthur (TX), 29 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone30Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at MacFadden Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at MacFadden Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun
MacFadden Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 1:23 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 9 s.140150160170Facing SSE 158°Wind 14 mphfrom N, offshore
Looking SSE from the sand at 1:23 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 158°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 42035, 34.5 mi away.

Waves at buoy 42035, Galveston

Wave height
5.6 ft
Period
-
From
NNE (23°)
Swell
0.0 ft
Wind waves
5.6 ft at 5 s from NNE
Water
82 °F
Read
Sat 12:40 AM
Distance
34.5 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 42035, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 6.2 ft; 5.6 ft at Sat 12:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM5.6 ftWave height at buoy 42035, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 6.2 ft; 5.6 ft at Sat 12:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonFriNoon5.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 6.2 ft; 5.6 ft at Sat 12:40 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 12:40 AM5.6 ft-NNE (23°)
Fri 11:50 PM5.6 ft5 sNE (34°)
Fri 10:50 PM5.2 ft5 sNNE (26°)
Fri 9:50 PM5.6 ft6 sNNE (32°)
Fri 8:50 PM6.2 ft5 sNNE (12°)
Fri 7:50 PM5.9 ft5 sNNE (16°)
Fri 6:50 PM4.6 ft5 sNNE (16°)
Fri 5:50 PM4.3 ft4 sNNE (17°)
Fri 4:50 PM4.6 ft5 sN (8°)
Fri 3:50 PM4.3 ft5 sN (9°)
Fri 2:50 PM4.6 ft5 sN (6°)
Fri 1:50 PM4.3 ft5 sN (359°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.6 ft4 sN (3°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.0 ft6 sSSE (159°)
Fri 10:50 AM2.6 ft7 sSE (139°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.3 ft6 sSE (140°)
Fri 8:50 AM2.6 ft5 sSSE (147°)
Fri 7:50 AM3.0 ft6 sSSE (148°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.6 ft7 sSE (131°)
Fri 5:50 AM3.0 ft6 sSE (138°)
Fri 4:50 AM3.0 ft6 sSE (144°)
Fri 3:50 AM2.6 ft5 sSE (134°)
Fri 2:50 AM3.0 ft5 sESE (118°)
Fri 1:50 AM3.0 ft5 sSE (126°)

Beach

County
Jefferson County
State
Texas
Latitude
29.6576° N
Longitude
94.1041° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest MacFadden Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

McfaddenFADT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW9386FW9386

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Beaumont - Port ArthurBPT

At an airfield/20.9 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

BeaumontS2207

At a soil climate station/30.5 mi away/19 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

CityPTHT2

At a cooperative observer's station/19.6 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Beaumont 13.1 SSWTX-JJ-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.6 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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