West PointNDBC-WPOW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/Washington/North Beach
Now. North Beach is 60° and partly cloudy at 3 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 54° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 63°, and the coolest Friday, near 58°. Rain is possible Thursday (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 10:59 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 48 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 PM in North Beach, Washington.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley (WA), 8 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 11 AM, lowest 10 miles Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing WNW 282°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46088, 57.6 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 2:20 PM | 2.3 ft | 4 s | W (264°) |
| Sat 1:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 3 s | W (272°) |
| Sat 12:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | WSW (253°) |
| Sat 11:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | WSW (255°) |
| Sat 10:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | WSW (250°) |
| Sat 9:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | W (261°) |
| Sat 8:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 3 s | WSW (254°) |
| Sat 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | WSW (250°) |
| Sat 6:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | WSW (246°) |
| Sat 5:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | W (261°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 5 s | W (272°) |
| Sat 3:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (255°) |
| Sat 2:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | W (267°) |
| Sat 1:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Sat 12:50 AM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Fri 11:50 PM | 1.0 ft | 4 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 4 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 3 s | WSW (237°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 1.3 ft | - | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 0.3 ft | - | - |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 0.7 ft | - | - |
The 6 instruments nearest North Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
West PointNDBC-WPOW1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/21 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
N130Th SeattleT130T
Beside a road/6.8 mi away/348 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Seattle 3.0 NWWA-KG-254
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/195 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Seattle WaSEW
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/24 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.