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Beaches/California/Thousand Steps Beach
Thousand Steps Beach, California
Beach in Orange County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
74°
92°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Thousand Steps Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Thousand Steps Beach is 74° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 90° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 4 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 86°, and the coolest Thursday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (51%) and Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible Thursday (47%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9271
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8674
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
8168
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7666
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6962
51%
Wed
Oct 21
6759
70%
Thu
Oct 22
6658
47%
74°
92°71°
86°74°
81°68°
76°66°
69°62°
67°59°
66°58°
As of 4:00 AM in Thousand Steps Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Thousand Steps Beach
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 10 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
- Ozone29Good30 ppb9.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good9.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.2 ppb24.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.3 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- 65TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Thousand Steps Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Thousand Steps Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 229°
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 Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 46.0 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 72 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- WSW (243°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 14 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 6 s from W
- Water
- 70 °F
- Read
- Fri 3:56 AM
- Distance
- 46.0 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 3:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 2:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (253°) |
| Fri 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 12:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (254°) |
| Thu 11:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
| Thu 10:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 7:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 6:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (257°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 10:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 9:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 7:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 6:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 5:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 4:56 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
Surf zone forecast
Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:44 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed south wind swell from 190° and west swell from 300° | Mixed south wind swell from 160° and northwest swell from 320° |
| Tides | Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PM | Newport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Orange County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.4987° N
- Longitude
- 117.7428° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Thousand Steps Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station GW6246GW6246
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.2 mi away/979 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/14.2 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/32.2 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/39.5 mi away/908 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Laguna Beach 3.2 SSECA-OR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/194 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/15.3 mi away/535 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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