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

date / time

2024-10-20

time

5:40 PM

season cycle, Fall

season cycle

iNaturalist community observations

  • Giant Green Anemone43 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star35 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug22 obs
  • Fly Agaric19 obs
  • Gooseneck Barnacle19 obs
  • Aggregating Anemone19 obs
  • Bull Kelp17 obs
  • salal13 obs

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

light / sun / UV

UV index

0 · low

lowextreme
UV 0–2 · minimal protection needed

UV clear sky

0 · low

lowextreme
UV 0–2 · minimal protection needed

solar (GHI)

56 W/m² · dim

very lowbright
50–200 W/m² · dawn, dusk, or heavy overcast
afternoon visible (6°)

solar DNI

119 W/m²

dimsoftpartlybright

solar DHI

38 W/m²

dimsoftbrightheavy

clearness

0.54

overcastintermediateclear
weather / radar

weather

weather

Overcast

temperature

53°F

coldcoolcomfortablewarmhot
48°F – 57°F · daily range

humidity

83%

0%100%
82% – 100% · daily range

cloud cover

100%

0%100%
20% – 100% · daily range

pressure

1013 hPa

lownear normalhigh
1007 hPa – 1017 hPa · daily range · rising

wind

2 mph

gusts 9 mph · WSW 248°

cloud layers

high cloud0%
mid cloud0%
low cloud100%

visibility

11 mi

0.0 mi25 mi
1.0 mi – 11 mi · daily range

rain

0"

dew point

48°F

radar

radar· ±1h · 10min

radar frame 7 of 13

reflectivity (dBZ)

0–75

lightmoderateheavy
LGX · N0Q · 5:40 PM · 97 km · pin marks capture location
water

water

Nearest USGS gage, 6.9 km away (not at shutter GPS)

tide· 24h

La Push, Quillayute River, WA · ft MLLW

sea surface

54°F

47°F64°F
47°F – 64°F · year

falling – 4.6 ft

tide station

La Push, Quillayute River, WA · 0.4 km

waves

2.5 m · 8s

wave direction

WSW

swell

1.9 m

Bogachiel River

32.0 ft · 6.9 km

atmosphere / air quality

satellite

satellite· ±1h · 20min

satellite frame 4 of 7
goes18 · TrueColor · 5:41 PM · pin marks capture location

atmosphere

EPA AQI

35

goodhazardous
EPA 0–50 · air quality is satisfactory

PM2.5

5 µg/m³ · good

goodhazardous
0–12 µg/m³ · EPA good

European AQI

32 · fair

goodextremely poor
EEA 20–40 · fair

PM10

9.3 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–20 µg/m³ · EEA good

ozone

81 µg/m³ · fair

goodextremely poor
50–100 µg/m³ · EEA fair

NO₂

1 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–40 µg/m³ · EEA good

SO₂

0 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–100 µg/m³ · EEA good

air clarity

0.04 · 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

138 µg/m³ · good

goodextremely poor
0–4000 µg/m³ · clean air

sky cover

UIL · few at 1,400 ft · broken at 2,500 ft · overcast at 3,600 ft

clearovercast
UIL · few at 1,400 ft · broken at 2,500 ft · overcast at 3,600 ft · 54°F · 6.4 kmMETAR

KUIL 210040Z AUTO 25002KT 10SM FEW014 BKN025 OVC036 12/09 A2992 RMK T01200090 MADISHF

METAR observed

5:40 PM

night sky

moon

lunar cycle: Waning Gibbous - day 19 not visible (-13°)

Waning Gibbous - day 19 not visible (-13°)

daily moon cycle: before moonrise

before moonrise

night sky

darkness

1 · excellent dark-sky site

excellent dark-sky siteinner-city sky
Bortle 1 · excellent dark-sky site

light: golden hourseeing Poor

milky way

janfebmaraprmayjunjulaugsepoctnovdec
in season · not visible (13°) · S
NESWSun: 6° alt, 247° azSunMoon: 13° below horizon, az 18°MoonMercury: 9° alt, 235° az · 13° from SunMercuryVenus: 14° alt, 212° az · 36° from SunVenusSaturn: 7° alt, 111° az · 135° from SunSaturnGalactic center: 13° alt, 188° azGC

Geometric positions at capture (not naked-eye visibility)

astronomical events

  • Orionids

technical

sensor / film

color science

Sony

focal length

72mm (200mm equiv.)

exposure triangle: f/4.5 · 1/200s · 500

exposure triangle

color
Archeology17%

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)
  • Water quality: Washington State Department of Ecology
  • Weather interpolated from nearest METAR station (QUILLAYUTE STATE, 6.4 km)
  • Tide predictions from NOAA CO-OPS station La Push, Quillayute River, WA (0.4 km)
  • Radar: NEXRAD LGX (96.9 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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