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Cornwall Beach, Washington

Beach in Whatcom County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Cornwall Beach

Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 3 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)54Moderate23.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cornwall Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

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

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 3 AM.

SatSun
Cornwall Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 11:23 PM, night, clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 4 s.W280290300310Facing WNW 290°Wind 5 mphfrom S, offshoreSwell 1.0 ft from SWLongshore current, to the right
Looking WNW from the sand at 11:23 PM, night, clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 290°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 42.4 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
4 s
From
SW (236°)
Swell
0.3 ft at 13 s from W
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 4 s from SW
Water
52 °F
Read
Fri 10:50 PM
Distance
42.4 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 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonFriNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 10:50 PM1.3 ft4 sSW (236°)
Fri 9:50 PM1.3 ft3 sWSW (237°)
Fri 8:50 PM1.3 ft-WSW (246°)
Fri 7:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 6:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 5:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 4:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 3:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 2:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 11:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 10:50 AM0.7 ft--
Fri 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 8:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 7:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 6:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 5:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 4:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 3:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 2:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 11:50 PM0.0 ft--

Beach

County
Whatcom County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.7424° N
Longitude
122.4903° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cornwall Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW1826GW1826

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/129 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bellingham INTLBLI

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/157 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Bellingham 1.9 NWWA-WC-103

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/73 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

ClearbrookCLBW1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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