Temperature
91 F at 11 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 11 AM, and 68 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 91F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 11 AM
- Lowest
- 68F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Zamperini Field
Zamperini Field, California
Small airport in Los Angeles County, California* WHAT...Temperatures up to 95 expected. * WHERE...Los Angeles County Beaches, Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Hills, San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches, Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast, and Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. In the event of a nearby wildfire, smoke may increase heat and physical stress. If smoke impacts your area; 1) Have a cooling plan in place as smoke could limit your ability to cool your home through open windows and 2) If you have air conditioning, set on air recirculation within the home to avoid smoke exposure. Local officials may have additional guidance.
91°
97°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 87°·Gentle breeze 12 mph ENE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Zamperini Field until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Zamperini Field is 91° and clear at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 87°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 96° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 72° by 7 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. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 91°, and the coolest Thursday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (68%). Rain is possible Thursday (39%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 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.
5UV Moderate
52Air quality
17%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
91feels87
12mph
Today
Oct 16
9770
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9172
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8567
16mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7965
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7162
57%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
6959
68%
Thu
Oct 22
6858
39%
15mph
91°
97°70°
91°72°
85°67°
79°65°
71°62°
69°59°
68°58°
As of 11:00 AM in Zamperini Field, California.
Air quality
The air at Zamperini Field
Index 52, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 9 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good10.4 mi
- Ozone29Good30 ppb10.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)52Moderate19.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide42Good44.3 ppb9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm10.4 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 52SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Zamperini Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Zamperini Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TOA
- ICAO
- KTOA
- IATA
- TOA
- Field elevation
- 103 ft
- Serves
- Torrance
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TOA
- Wind now
- From 80° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:11
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11L / 29R | 5,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 129° / 309° | 9 mph head, on 11L | 10 mph from the left |
| 11R / 29L | 3,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | 9 mph head, on 11R | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Torrance Municipal (TOA), Zamperini Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 17% saturated; the humidity ran from 16% at 3 PM Thursday to 47% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 17%
- Humidity, range
- 16 to 47%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the east at 11 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 11 AM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.03inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.00inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 3 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Torrance Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Zamperini Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/102 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beverly Hills - RAWS #5108BVRC1
A remote fire weather station/22.6 mi away/1,083 ft/980 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Torrance 1.0 ECA-LA-116
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/85 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.9 mi away/257 ft/154 ft above 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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Airports near Zamperini Field
- Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal AirportHHR, 8 mi
- Los Angeles International AirportLAX, 10 mi
- Long Beach International AirportLGB, 11 mi
- Santa Monica Municipal AirportSMO, 16 mi
- Los Alamitos Army Air FieldSLI, 17 mi
- Fullerton Municipal AirportFUL, 21 mi
- San Gabriel Valley AirportEMT, 26 mi
- Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBUR, 28 mi