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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Las Tunas Beach
Las Tunas Beach, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... Moderate to locally strong Santa Ana winds have peaked today then will slowly weaken tonight through Saturday. The gusty offshore winds combined with very warm and dry conditions will maintain Red Flag Warnings for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties through the remainder of this afternoon. * AFFECTED AREA...Santa Clarita Valley, Ventura County Beaches, Ventura County Inland Coast, Lake Casitas, Ojai Valley, Central Ventura County Valleys, Malibu Coast, Calabasas and Agoura Hills, Western San Fernando Valley, Eastern San Fernando Valley, Southeastern Ventura County Valleys and Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 55 mph today, lowering to 15 to 30 mph with gusts 30 to 45 mph on Saturday. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 15 percent common. Poor overnight recoveries in the foothills and wind prone areas. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
92°
94°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 88°·Light breeze 7 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Las Tunas 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. Las Tunas Beach is 92° and clear at 3 PM. With the wind it feels like 88°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 7 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 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 89°, 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.
4UV Moderate
48Air quality
15%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
3:00 PM
92feels88
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9474
19mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8972
15mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8365
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7965
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6859
46%
Wed
Oct 21
6656
70%
Thu
Oct 22
6555
38%
92°
94°74°
89°72°
83°65°
79°65°
68°59°
66°56°
65°55°
As of 3:00 PM in Las Tunas Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Las Tunas Beach
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 8 miles off.
48Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-19.9 mi
- Ozone48Good64 ppb7.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-17.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.4 ppb7.7 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb20.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm20.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest 82, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
- 82SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Las Tunas Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Las Tunas Beach, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 180°
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.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 33.6 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
This afternoon through saturday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 68 to 75 °F
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (197°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from NE
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Fri 2:50 PM
- Distance
- 33.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
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 |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.0395° N
- Longitude
- 118.5937° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Las Tunas Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/8.5 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/6.2 mi away/186 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
UclaUCLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/472 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Ucla (UCLC1), 8.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily
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