Warm SpringsWMSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.1 mi away/2,119 ft/379 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/California/Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, California
State Recreation Area in Los Angeles County, California* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures reaching 90 to 100 at the coast and 106 in the valleys. * WHERE...Coast and valleys of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat events. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Very hot temperatures are likely to continue into the second week of October, possibly requiring an extension of this product.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
77°
98°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Alert. An Extreme Heat Warning is in force for Castaic Lake State Recreation Area until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Castaic Lake State Recreation Area is 77° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 10 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 95° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° 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 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 96°, and the coolest Monday, near 67°. Rain is possible Sunday (37%) and Monday (41%). Tomorrow is hot, 96°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 8% lit, and rises at 4:57 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 38 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
38%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
77feels77
now, clear
Today
Oct 7
9871
13mph
UV 8
Thu
Oct 8
9671
UV 8
Fri
Oct 9
9070
UV 8
Sat
Oct 10
8064
UV 8
Sun
Oct 11
7257
37%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 12
6752
41%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 13
7150
13%
UV 7
77°
98°71°
96°71°
90°70°
80°64°
72°57°
67°52°
71°50°
As of 1:00 AM in Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
The air at Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Santa Clarita Vly (CA), 12 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good11.6 mi
- Ozone19Good18 ppb11.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-18.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide17Good18.1 ppb11.6 mi
The days ahead
Unhealthy for sensitive groups each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 47YesterdayOct 6
- 105TodayOct 7
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Thu 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
None in the last 3 days, to Wed 12 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 Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Thu 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 6.71 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,740 ft
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.5401° N
- Longitude
- 118.5987° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Castaic Lake State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/15.8 mi away/4,524 ft/2,784 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW1098GW1098
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.9 mi away/1,367 ft/373 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-5 - GrapevineCF083
Beside a road/33.4 mi away/1,541 ft/199 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Val Verde 4.1 NNECA-LA-93
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,300 ft/440 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a power station/8.9 mi away/2,165 ft/425 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Saugus Power Plant #1 (SGSC1), 8.9 miles from here, read 6 Oct, 14:30. measured daily
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Near Castaic Lake State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Castaiccommunity, 5 mi
- Hasley Canyoncommunity, 7 mi
- Val Verdecommunity, 7 mi
- Santa Claritacity, 9 mi
- Stevenson Ranchcommunity, 11 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 12 mi
- Lake Hughescommunity, 13 mi
- Pirucommunity, 14 mi
- Elizabeth Lakecommunity, 15 mi
- Agua Dulcecommunity, 16 mi
- Leona Valleycommunity, 18 mi
- San Fernandocity, 20 mi