At a river or reservoir gauge/0.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Port Hueneme Beach
Port Hueneme Beach, California
Beach in Ventura 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... Moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds have peaked today then will slowly weaken tonight through Saturday. The gusty offshore winds combined with very warm and dry conditions will maintain Red Flag Warnings for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties through Saturday. * AFFECTED AREA...Santa Clarita Valley, Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast, Lake Casitas, Ojai Valley, Central Ventura County Valleys, Malibu Coast, Calabasas and Agoura Hills, Western San Fernando Valley, Eastern San Fernando Valley, Southeastern Ventura County Valleys and Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph tonight, lowering to 15 to 30 mph with gusts 30 to 45 mph on Saturday. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 15 percent common. Poor overnight recoveries in the foothills and wind prone areas. * 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.
81°
88°/73°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Moderate breeze 13 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Port Hueneme Beach until 8 PM today. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Port Hueneme Beach is 81° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 67°. Rain is likely Wednesday (77%). Rain is possible Tuesday (41%) and Thursday (35%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:35 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
21%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
81feels79
13mph
Today
Oct 17
8873
26mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8163
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7660
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7056
41%
Wed
Oct 21
6755
77%
Thu
Oct 22
6753
35%
15mph
Fri
Oct 23
6953
UV 6
81°
88°73°
81°63°
76°60°
70°56°
67°55°
67°53°
69°53°
As of 12:00 AM in Port Hueneme Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Port Hueneme Beach
Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Thousand Oaks (CA), 20 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone43Good43 ppb23.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 16
- 44TodayOct 17
- 42SunOct 18
- 40MonOct 19
- 39TueOct 20
- 38WedOct 21
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Port Hueneme Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Port Hueneme Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 209°
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 Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 27.2 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
This afternoon through saturday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 69 to 71 °F
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- S (183°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 14 s from S
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 3 s from N
- Water
- 73 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:50 PM
- Distance
- 27.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (183°) |
| Fri 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SSE (168°) |
| Fri 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | SE (135°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (182°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (184°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (173°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (197°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (202°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSE (166°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | S (171°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | - | S (175°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (245°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (166°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (158°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (208°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (153°) |
Surf zone forecast
Ventura County Beaches. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | This afternoon through saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Mixed south swell and west swell |
| Tides | High 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PM | High 3.6 ft, 8:30 AMLow 3.6 ft, 11:06 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:29 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:38 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Ventura County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.1444° N
- Longitude
- 119.2007° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Port Hueneme Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
OxnardOXR
At an airfield/3.9 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, 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
measured daily2 instruments
Oxnard 3.7 ENECA-VT-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OjaiOJAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.0 mi away/764 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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