At an airfield/3.6 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Dockweiler State Beach
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Dockweiler State Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dockweiler State Beach is 76° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 5 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 94°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (58%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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.
As of 11:00 PM in Dockweiler State Beach, California.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing WSW 244°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46025, 38.4 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (209°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (199°) |
| 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°) |
The 5 instruments nearest Dockweiler State Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/3.6 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW6618EW6618
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/71 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Santa Monica PierNDBC-ICAC1
At a harbour/4.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Culver CityCVRC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.1 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Culver City 1.1 NNWCA-LA-110
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.4 mi away/78 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.