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Beaches/California/Jalama Beach County Park
Jalama Beach County Park, California
Beach in Santa Barbara County, California* WHAT...Temperatures up to 95 expected. * WHERE...Coastal areas of southwest California * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. In the event of a nearby wildfire, smoke may increase heat and physical stress. If smoke impacts your area; 1) Have a cooling plan in place as smoke could limit your ability to cool your home through open windows and 2) If you have air conditioning, set on air recirculation within the home to avoid smoke exposure. Local officials may have additional guidance.
65°
90°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Light breeze 7 mph NE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Jalama Beach County Park until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jalama Beach County Park is 65° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 67°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (54%). Rain is possible Thursday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:42 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
47%Humidity
6%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9061
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8764
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8159
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7355
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6851
53%
Wed
Oct 21
6750
54%
Thu
Oct 22
6849
31%
12mph
65°
90°61°
87°64°
81°59°
73°55°
68°51°
67°50°
68°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Jalama Beach County Park, California.
Air quality
The air at Jalama Beach County Park
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Lompoc (CA), 10 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-
- Ozone44Good30 ppb9.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)24Good9.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jalama Beach County Park
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 Jalama Beach County Park, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 220°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast, and the waves at buoy 46054, 15.8 mi away.
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- Around 71 °F
Waves at buoy 46054, West Santa Barbara
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- W (265°)
- Swell
- 3.6 ft at 14 s from W
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from WNW
- Water
- 68 °F
- Read
- Thu 11:50 PM
- Distance
- 15.8 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 11:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | W (265°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (272°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 13 s | W (279°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (290°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | W (265°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (283°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (294°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WNW (289°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (287°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (271°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (275°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (262°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (248°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (268°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.9 ft | - | W (277°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | W (269°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | W (275°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (296°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | W (278°) |
Surf zone forecast
Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 to 3 feet | 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 71 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | None | None |
| Tides | High 4.8 ft, 1:47 PMLow 0.8 ft, 10:35 PM | High 4.4 ft, 2:58 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:53 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.5006° N
- Longitude
- 120.4981° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Jalama Beach County Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Vandenberg Space Force SouthTQS
At an airfield/11.5 mi away/302 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW9206CW9206
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.3 mi away/544 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lompoc 14.0 SCA-SB-27
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Salsipuedes Gaging StationSASC1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/502 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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