OxnardOXR
At an airfield/2.0 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/'olołkoy Beach Park
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for 'olołkoy Beach Park 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. 'olołkoy Beach Park is 68° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 68°, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 91°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (61%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
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-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.
As of 11:00 PM in 'olołkoy Beach Park, California.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Oxnard (CA), 7 miles off.
Highest 62, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, 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.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing WSW 249°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 30.4 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 10:20 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (197°) |
| 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°) |
Ventura 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 | 69 to 71 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell | South swell |
| Tides | High 4.7 ft, 1:21 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:10 PM | High 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest 'olołkoy Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
OxnardOXR
At an airfield/2.0 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW4488CW4488
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.7 mi away/64 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/39.4 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oxnard 3.7 ENECA-VT-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OjaiOJAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 mi away/764 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.