Santa Monica PierNDBC-ICAC1
At a harbour/1.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/South Beach Park
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for South Beach Park until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Beach Park is 92° and clear at 2 PM. With the wind it feels like 88°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 72° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 66°. Rain is likely Wednesday (67%). Rain is possible Tuesday (45%) and Thursday (38%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in South Beach Park, California.
Air quality
Index 45, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 4 miles off.
Highest 82, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing WSW 245°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46025, 37.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | S (173°) |
| 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°) |
The 5 instruments nearest South Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Santa Monica PierNDBC-ICAC1
At a harbour/1.3 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/2.6 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Monica 1.3 NNECA-LA-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/186 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Culver CityCVRC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.