Camp 8 Fire StationMBUC1
At a fire lookout or ranger station/1.8 mi away/709 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Big Rock Beach
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Big Rock Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Big Rock Beach is 91° and clear at 3 PM. With the wind it feels like 87°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 84° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 65°. Rain is likely Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%) 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 3:00 PM in Big Rock Beach, California.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 9 miles off.
Highest 82, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SSW 209°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 32.5 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 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (197°) |
| 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°) |
Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | This afternoon through saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | 68 to 75 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell | Mixed south swell and west swell |
| Tides | High 4.4 ft, 2:23 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:33 PM | High 3.8 ft, 8:18 AMLow 3.7 ft, 11:10 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:24 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:33 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest Big Rock Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Camp 8 Fire StationMBUC1
At a fire lookout or ranger station/1.8 mi away/709 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/9.7 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Monica 1.3 NNECA-LA-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/186 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
UclaUCLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/472 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Ucla (UCLC1), 10.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.