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Map at capture
USGS Imagery · ±2.5° · pin marks capture location

haystack rock

Oregon

date / time

date / time

2024-10-22

time

10:38 AM

season cycle, Fall

season cycle

iNaturalist community observations

  • Ochre Sea Star57 obs
  • Fly Agaric51 obs
  • violet webcap47 obs
  • Western Gull46 obs
  • Pacific Sea Nettle45 obs
  • Isabella Tiger Moth44 obs
  • King Bolete40 obs
  • Wapiti35 obs

research-grade observations within 25 km during this calendar month. Counts are total verified iNaturalist observations

light / sun / UV

UV index

1.6 · low

lowextreme
UV 0–2 · minimal protection needed

UV clear sky

1.6 · low

lowextreme
UV 0–2 · minimal protection needed

solar (GHI)

329 W/m² · overcast

very lowbright
200–400 W/m² · cloudy daylight
dawn visible (25°)

solar DNI

346 W/m²

dimsoftpartlybright

solar DHI

209 W/m²

dimsoftbrightheavy

clearness

0.82

overcastintermediateclear
weather / radar

weather

weather

Clear sky

temperature

54°F

coldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
45°F – 57°F · daily range

humidity

80%

0%100%
70% – 89% · daily range

cloud cover

10%

0%100%
0% – 100% · daily range

pressure

1027 hPa

lownear normalhigh
1024 hPa – 1027 hPa · daily range · steady

wind

5 mph

gusts 7 mph · E 82°

cloud layers

high cloud0%
mid cloud0%
low cloud1%

visibility

11 mi

0.0 mi25 mi
8.8 mi – 14 mi · daily range

rain

0"

dew point

48°F

radar

radar· ±1h · 10min

radar frame 7 of 13

reflectivity (dBZ)

0–75

lightmoderateheavy
RTX · N0Q · 10:38 AM · 80 km · pin marks capture location
water

water

Nearest USGS gage, 20 km away (not at shutter GPS)

tide· 24h

Garibaldi, OR · ft MLLW

sea surface

56°F

47°F61°F
47°F – 61°F · year

slack – 4 ft

tide station

Garibaldi, OR · 37 km

waves

1.4 m · 8s

wave direction

W

swell

1.4 m

Nehalem River

2620 cfs · 2.9 ft · 20 km

atmosphere / air quality

satellite

satellite· ±1h · 20min

satellite frame 4 of 7
goes18 · TrueColor · 10:41 AM · pin marks capture location

atmosphere

EPA AQI

49

goodhazardous
EPA 0–50 · air quality is satisfactory

PM2.5

6.8 µg/m³ · good

goodhazardous
0–12 µg/m³ · EPA good

European AQI

30 · fair

goodextremely poor
EEA 20–40 · fair

PM10

12 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–20 µg/m³ · EEA good

ozone

74 µg/m³ · fair

goodextremely poor
50–100 µg/m³ · EEA fair

NO₂

2 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–40 µg/m³ · EEA good

SO₂

1 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–100 µg/m³ · EEA good

air clarity

0.05 · crystal clear

crystal clearsmoke / dust
AOD 0–0.1 · pristine, deep-blue sky

dust

0 µg/m³ · clear

clearextreme
0–10 µg/m³ · clear of mineral dust

CO

173 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–4000 µg/m³ · clean air

sky cover

AST · clear

clearovercast
AST · clear · 54°F · 31 kmMETAR

KAST 221740Z AUTO 08005KT 9SM CLR 12/09 A3032 RMK T01200090 MADISHF

METAR observed

10:40 AM

night sky

moon

lunar cycle: Last Quarter - day 21 visible (32°)

Last Quarter - day 21 visible (32°)

daily moon cycle: moon setting

moon setting

night sky

darkness

2 · typical truly dark site

excellent dark-sky siteinner-city sky
Bortle 2 · typical truly dark site

light: dayseeing Good

milky way

janfebmaraprmayjunjulaugsepoctnovdec
in season · not visible (-23°) · ESE
NESWSun: 25° alt, 142° azSunMoon: 32° alt, 278° azMoonMercury: 13° alt, 133° az · 14° from SunMercuryMars: 40° alt, 261° az · 95° from SunMarsJupiter: 15° alt, 287° az · 129° from SunJupiter

Geometric positions at capture (not naked-eye visibility)

astronomical events

  • Orionids

technical

sensor / film

color science

Sony

focal length

55mm (150mm equiv.)

exposure triangle: f/5.6 · 1/500s · 100

exposure triangle

color
Smoking Mirror19%

histogram

shadowsmidtoneshighlights
redgreenblue
 

attribution

© 2024 frank charlton

data attribution

  • Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)
  • Tide data: NOAA CO-OPS
  • METAR / NEXRAD: Iowa Environmental Mesonet, Iowa State University
  • Hydrology: USGS Water Data
  • Basemap: USGS The National Map
  • Solar: NASA POWER (CC BY 4.0)
  • Satellite: GOES-West (NOAA/NESDIS); NaturalColor derived (CIMSS recipe)
  • Weather interpolated from nearest METAR station (ASTORIA/CLATSOP, 31 km)
  • Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS station Garibaldi, OR (36.9 km)
  • Radar: NEXRAD RTX (80 km), scan time ±10 min
  • Satellite: GOES-West (goes18), product time ±20 min
  • Sun, moon, and planet positions computed for exact coordinates
  • Basemap: USGS Imagery, center ±2.5°

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