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Frank D. Robinson Beach, Washington

Beach in Island County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Frank D. Robinson Beach

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Port Townsend (WA), 15 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Frank D. Robinson Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. 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 Frank D. Robinson Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 5 AM.

SatSun
Frank D. Robinson Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 12:33 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 0.8 ft every 4 s.260W280290Facing W 272°Wind 5 mphfrom SSE, offshoreSwell 0.8 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 12:33 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 0.8 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing W 272°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 37.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
1.0 ft
Period
4 s
From
WSW (246°)
Swell
0.3 ft at 12 s from S
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
52 °F
Read
Fri 11:50 PM
Distance
37.6 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; 1.0 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM1.0 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.0 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonFriNoon1.0 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.3 ft; 1.0 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 11:50 PM1.0 ft4 sWSW (246°)
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--

Beach

County
Island County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.9921° N
Longitude
122.5416° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Frank D. Robinson Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW3447GW3447

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/320 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Port TownsendNDBC-PTWW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Port Townsend0S9

At an airfield/13.1 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR526 InterchangeT5526

Beside a road/16.3 mi away/463 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Freeland 1.2 ESEWA-IS-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/256 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Chimacum 4 Mi SCHMW1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/173 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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