Orient, Washington Weather
Orient, Washington — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Orient, Ferry County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Orient. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Orient is published on the Ferry County Airport (KR49) page, 37 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at KR49 describe the airfield itself. Weather 37 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Orient specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Orient.
About Orient, Washington
Orient sprawls across a broad, sun-drenched basin where the Kettle River makes its slow, meandering way. It lies 68.6 miles north-north-east of Clark, WA (from Clark, WA: bearing 19°T), and is situated 18.9 miles north-north-west of Kettle Falls. The land here is a study in muted greens and ochres, rolling hills carpeted in sagebrush and grasses that turn a burnished gold under the vast, indifferent sky. Aspen groves, their leaves a trembling emerald in the summer breeze, punctuate the otherwise open terrain, offering pockets of cool shade. The air itself carries a dry, clean scent, tinged with the faintest whisper of pine from the higher slopes that ring the valley, and the light, especially in the late afternoon, seems to possess a singular, almost liquid quality, pooling in the hollows and painting the distant peaks in shades of rose and lavender. The story of Orient is inextricably bound to the river that gives it life and the minerals that once drew hopeful prospectors. For generations, this fertile valley has sustained a quiet agricultural rhythm, with ranches and farms producing hay and livestock, their fields a testament to patient cultivation against the backdrop of wilder country. The echoes of the mining boom days, when the promise of ore brought a surge of transient life, still linger in the weathered wood of older buildings and the names of forgotten claims. Today, the economy of Orient is a gentle hum, a blend of ranching, small-scale tourism drawn by the natural beauty, and the steady, unhurried pulse of a community that values proximity to the land and the quiet solidarity of its residents.
Live animated radar for Orient and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Orient, Ferry County, Washington |
| Coordinates | 48.866014°N, 118.202781°W |
| Timezone | Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99160 |
| Area Code | 509 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Orient, Washington Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orient, Washington, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Orient includes coordinates 48.866014°N, 118.202781°W, situated in Ferry County. ZIP code 99160. Telephone area code: 509. Timezone: Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
