At an airfield/2.7 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Button Shell Beach
Now. Button Shell Beach is 81° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 79° by 6 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 96°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (62%). Tomorrow is hot, 96°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:42 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Button Shell Beach, California.
Air quality
Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 30 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing E 82°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46025, 47.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (156°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (205°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (200°) |
| Wed 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
The 5 instruments nearest Button Shell Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/2.7 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Avalon - Catalina Island RAWSCWNC1
A remote fire weather station/3.9 mi away/1,500 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW3786CW3786
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.9 mi away/596 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rolling Hills 3.9 SECA-LA-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.3 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/27.3 mi away/257 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.