Slide CanyonSLIC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/9,843 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Benson Lake Beach
Benson Lake Beach, California
Beach in Tuolumne County, California* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 592 Central Sierra.Fire weather zone 593 North Kings River.Fire weather zone 594 Sequoia Kings.Fire weather zone 595 Lake Isabella. * WIND...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED. A 70 TO 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. A 40 TO 60 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15-25 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NO THUNDERSTORM THREAT. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4,000 UP TO THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
42°
71°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Light breeze 6 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Benson Lake Beach until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Benson Lake Beach is 42° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 17°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 69° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° 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 71°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 50°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%) and Wednesday (66%). Rain is possible Thursday (47%). The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
7Air quality
63%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
42feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7136
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7138
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6839
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6437
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5434
61%
Wed
Oct 21
5031
66%
Thu
Oct 22
5029
47%
42°
71°36°
71°38°
68°39°
64°37°
54°34°
50°31°
50°29°
As of 3:00 AM in Benson Lake Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Benson Lake Beach
Index 7, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 23 miles off.
7Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benson Lake Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Benson Lake Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- Tuolumne County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.0209° N
- Longitude
- 119.5265° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Benson Lake Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/19.3 mi away/8,146 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RancheriaS2236
At a soil climate station/22.8 mi away/7,200 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/24.6 mi away/6,620 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tuolumne MeadowsTLUC1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/8,693 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mono City 1.9 SWCA-MN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.6 mi away/6,791 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tuolumne Meadows (TLUC1), 14.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Benson Lake Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Yosemitefeature, 13 mi
- Twin Lakescommunity, 13 mi
- Virginia Lakescommunity, 15 mi
- Yosemite Valleycommunity, 19 mi
- Mono Citycommunity, 21 mi
- Lee Viningcommunity, 23 mi
- Bridgeporttown, 23 mi
- Forestacommunity, 25 mi
- Dodge Ridgeski area, 27 mi
- Yosemite Westcommunity, 28 mi
- El Portalcommunity, 28 mi
- Strawberrycommunity, 29 mi
Beaches near Benson Lake Beach
- Danburg Beach21 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach28 mi
- Navy Beach28 mi
- June Lake Beach30 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach38 mi
- Dunn Court Beach39 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach39 mi
- El Dorado Beach68 mi