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Olympic Beach, Washington

Beach in Snohomish County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Olympic Beach

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bremerton-Silverdale-Bainbridge Island (WA), 17 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good6.5 mi
  • Ozone-25 ppb17.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-17.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.1 ppb17.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb17.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm15.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, 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 22 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Olympic Beach

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 6 AM.

SatSun
Olympic Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 11:24 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 4 s.W280290300Facing W 281°Wind 6 mphfrom S, along the beachSwell 1.0 ft from SWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 11:24 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 4 s.
NESW

Facing W 281°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 51.3 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
51.3 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
Snohomish County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.8107° N
Longitude
122.3876° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Olympic Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW3983FW3983

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/398 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-5 At I-405TLYNN

Beside a road/5.9 mi away/381 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Everett - Paine FieldPAE

At an airfield/8.3 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

West PointNDBC-WPOW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Edmonds 1.7 SWA-SN-25

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/179 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Seattle WaSEW

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/24 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Olympic Beach

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Beaches near Olympic Beach

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Near Olympic Beach

River and lake gauges