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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Carbon - La Costa Beach
Carbon - La Costa Beach, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Updates include adding the following areas to the previous Red Flag Warnings - Ojai, Casitas, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will peak around Friday then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will persist and dry out any effects of the recent rains. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Thursday through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties for Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...Most valleys and coasts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 55 mph. Isolated gusts to 65 mph possible. Strongest Friday. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 15 percent common. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
80°
90°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NNE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Carbon - La Costa Beach until 8 PM Saturday. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Carbon - La Costa Beach is 80° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 76° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 92°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (54%) and Wednesday (59%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
80feels79
12mph
Today
Oct 15
9061
17mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9275
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8973
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8366
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7764
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6757
54%
Wed
Oct 21
6654
59%
80°
90°61°
92°75°
89°73°
83°66°
77°64°
67°57°
66°54°
As of 10:00 PM in Carbon - La Costa Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Carbon - La Costa Beach
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 11 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-16.4 mi
- Ozone32Good34 ppb11.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-16.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8.5 ppb11.1 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb24.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.9 ppm24.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 50FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Carbon - La Costa Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Carbon - La Costa Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSE 166°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 31.1 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 72 °F
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (195°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 2.6 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:20 PM
- Distance
- 31.1 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 9:20 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (200°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (156°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (205°) |
Surf zone forecast
Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 2 to 4 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell | South swell |
| Tides | High 4.8 ft, 1:14 PMLow 1.0 ft, 10:08 PM | High 4.4 ft, 2:23 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:33 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.0384° N
- Longitude
- 118.6471° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Carbon - La Costa Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/11.5 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Calabasas 2.6 WSWCA-LA-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/718 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Woodland Hills Pierce CollegeWPCC1
On a college campus/10.8 mi away/792 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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