Rubicon #2 SnotelRUBC1
A snow pillow on a mountain/1.6 mi away/7,689 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Lester Beach
Lester Beach, California
Beach in El Dorado County, California* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
51°
66°/40°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 13 mph ENE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Lester Beach until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lester Beach is 51° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° 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 Saturday, near 68°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 47°. Rain is likely Tuesday (60%). Rain is possible Wednesday (47%). The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:29 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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
7Air quality
33%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
51feels51
13mph
Today
Oct 15
6640
16mph
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
6638
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
6841
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6541
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5939
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
4834
60%
Wed
Oct 21
4731
47%
51°
66°40°
66°38°
68°41°
65°41°
59°39°
48°34°
47°31°
As of 8:00 PM in Lester Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Lester Beach
Index 7, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 8 miles off.
7Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-11.8 mi
- Ozone-40 ppb11.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lester Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Lester Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Beach
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 39.0005° N
- Longitude
- 120.1010° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lester Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/6,263 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW3758EW3758
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/6,279 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Hwy 89 at RampartCD040
Beside a road/12.1 mi away/6,217 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tahoma .5 SCA-ED-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/6,316 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/6,315 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 Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 4.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Big Bear Mountainski areaBishopcityBridgeporttownChina Peakski areaDodge Ridgeski areaDonner PassfeatureFresnocityHeavenlysurveyed ski areaHomewoodski areaJune Mountainski areaKirkwoodsurveyed ski areaLos AngelescityMammoth LakestownMammoth Mountainsurveyed ski areaMount ShastafeatureMount Shasta CitycityMount Shasta Ski Parkski areaMount WhitneyfeatureMountain Highski areaNorthstarsurveyed ski areaPalisades Tahoesurveyed ski areaReddingcitySacramentocitySan DiegocitySan FranciscocitySierra NevadafeatureSierra-at-Tahoeski areaSnow Valleyski areaSouth Lake TahoecitySugar Bowlski areaSusanvillecityTruckeetownYosemitefeature
Near Lester Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tahomacommunity, 5 mi
- Homewoodski area, 7 mi
- South Lake Tahoecity, 8 mi
- Heavenlysurveyed ski area, 10 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 11 mi
- Meyerscommunity, 12 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 13 mi
- Sierra-at-Tahoeski area, 13 mi
- Cedar Flatcommunity, 15 mi
- Palisades Tahoesurveyed ski area, 15 mi
- Carnelian Baycommunity, 16 mi
- Tahoe Vistacommunity, 17 mi
Beaches near Lester Beach
- Calawee Cove Beachunder 1 mi
- Baldwin Beach4 mi
- Kiva Beach5 mi
- Pope Beach6 mi
- El Dorado Beach8 mi
- Lakeside Beach9 mi
- William Kent Beach10 mi
- Lake Tahoe Commons Beach12 mi