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South Beach, Washington

Beach in King County, Washington

Air quality

The air at South Beach

Index 61, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Seattle-Bellevue-Kent Valley (WA), 8 miles off.

61Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate7.1 mi
  • Ozone1Good2 ppb8.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good8.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide14Good15.8 ppb8.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.7 ppb8.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.7 ppm7.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 South Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 12 AM.

FriSat
South Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 11:32 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.260W280290Facing W 279°Wind 3 mphfrom NNE, along the beach
Looking W from the sand at 11:32 PM, night, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing W 279°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 57.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
57.7 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 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftNoonThuNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.3 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 2:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 1:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 12:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 11:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 10:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 6:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 5:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 4:50 AM1.0 ft7 sW (267°)
Thu 3:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 1:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 12:50 AM0.7 ft--
Wed 11:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
King County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.6620° N
Longitude
122.4359° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South 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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