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North Beach, Washington

Beach in King County, Washington

Air quality

The air at North Beach

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley (WA), 8 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good7.1 mi
  • Ozone31Good33 ppb8.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good8.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4 ppb8.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb8.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm7.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Mon 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

SatSunMon

Precipitation

What has fallen at North Beach

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.

Last 24 hours
0.04in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at North Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Mon 11 AM, lowest 10 miles Sun 5 AM.

SatSunMon
North Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 3:03 PM, daylight, partly cloudy, waves about 1.8 ft every 4 s.W280290300Facing WNW 282°Sun 66° leftMoon 149° leftWind 4 mphfrom NNE, along the beachSwell 1.8 ft from WLongshore current, to the right
Looking WNW from the sand at 3:03 PM, daylight, partly cloudy, waves about 1.8 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 282°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 57.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
4 s
From
W (264°)
Swell
0.3 ft at 11 s from W
Wind waves
2.0 ft at 4 s from W
Water
52 °F
Read
Sat 2:20 PM
Distance
57.6 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 3.0 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 2:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon2.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 2:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftFriNoonSatNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 2:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 2:20 PM2.3 ft4 sW (264°)
Sat 1:50 PM2.3 ft3 sW (272°)
Sat 12:50 PM1.6 ft3 sWSW (253°)
Sat 11:50 AM1.6 ft3 sWSW (255°)
Sat 10:50 AM1.6 ft3 sWSW (250°)
Sat 9:50 AM1.3 ft3 sW (261°)
Sat 8:50 AM1.6 ft3 sWSW (254°)
Sat 7:50 AM2.0 ft4 sWSW (250°)
Sat 6:50 AM2.6 ft4 sWSW (246°)
Sat 5:50 AM3.0 ft4 sW (261°)
Sat 4:50 AM2.0 ft5 sW (272°)
Sat 3:50 AM1.3 ft3 sWSW (255°)
Sat 2:50 AM1.0 ft4 sW (267°)
Sat 1:50 AM0.7 ft--
Sat 12:50 AM0.7 ft--
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--

Beach

County
King County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.6621° N
Longitude
122.4359° W

What is measuring near here

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

Citizen station N7TUGN7TUG

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

Seattle/Boeing FldBFI

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

-

Snow on the ground

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