AlamedaNDBC-AAMC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.5 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Encinal beach
Encinal beach, California
Beach in Alameda County, California65°
86°/60°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Calm 0 mph SE
Now. Encinal beach is 65° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 61° by 8 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. Air quality is moderate (index 55): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 83°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible Tuesday (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
55Air quality
57%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8660
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8361
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6755
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6151
25%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6251
34%
Wed
Oct 21
6550
25%
Thu
Oct 22
6452
mostly clear day
65°
86°60°
83°61°
67°55°
61°51°
62°51°
65°50°
64°52°
As of 12:00 AM in Encinal beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Encinal beach
Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Oakland (CA), 2 miles off.
55Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
- Ozone27Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 16
- ModerateSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Encinal beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. 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 Encinal beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 201°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46026, 29.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- WSW (246°)
- Swell
- 3.9 ft at 16 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from WNW
- Water
- 60 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:40 PM
- Distance
- 29.9 mi
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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11:40 PM | 3.9 ft | - | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SW (219°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 14 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 4.3 ft | - | WSW (241°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 13 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | SW (228°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WSW (248°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (243°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (230°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (221°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (256°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (235°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SW (233°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.6 ft | - | WSW (245°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | W (270°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (263°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | - | W (280°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (252°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 4.3 ft | - | WNW (287°) |
Beach
- County
- Alameda County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.7696° N
- Longitude
- 122.2915° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Encinal beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station DW9579DW9579
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
OaklandOAK
At an airfield/4.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-580 - I-205CF133
Beside a road/39.4 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Alameda 1.5 NCA-AL-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Oakland MuseumOAMC1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/24 ft/- ft from 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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Near Encinal beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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