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Salmon Beach, Washington

Beach in Pierce County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Salmon Beach

Index 59, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Tacoma-Puyallup (WA), 8 miles off.

59Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)59Moderate-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Salmon Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Salmon Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 2 AM.

FriSat
Salmon Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 1:08 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s.250260W280Facing W 263°
Looking W from the sand at 1:08 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing W 263°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Beach

County
Pierce County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.2908° N
Longitude
122.5290° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Salmon Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Tacoma Narrows BridgeTTNBR

Beside a road/2.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Tacoma NarrowsTIW

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/292 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW0815GW0815

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/480 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

TacomaNDBC-TCMW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Tacoma 3.5 NWWA-PR-112

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/303 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Tacoma No. 1TACW1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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Near Salmon Beach

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

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Near Salmon Beach

River and lake gauges