At an airfield/1.9 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Empire Landing
Gale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Empire Landing until 5 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Empire Landing is 82° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 79° 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 95°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 65°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (62%). Tomorrow is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 10:00 PM in Empire Landing, California.
Air quality
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 31 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Facing N 357°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
The waves at buoy 46025, 43.7 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 9:20 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| 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°) |
| 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°) |
The 5 instruments nearest Empire Landing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/1.9 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Avalon 11NW - Catalina IslandWGLC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.1 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW3786CW3786
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.8 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/21.9 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/25.9 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.