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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Main Beach
Main Beach, California
Beach in Orange County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
82°
87°/60°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Main Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Main Beach is 82° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 16 mph, gusting to 45 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 2 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 90°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 65°. Rain is likely Tuesday (58%) and Wednesday (67%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:39 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
19%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
82feels80
16mph
Today
Oct 15
8760
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9071
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8473
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7967
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7465
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6661
58%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6558
67%
82°
87°60°
90°71°
84°73°
79°67°
74°65°
66°61°
65°58°
As of 7:00 PM in Main Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Main Beach
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 9 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good8.6 mi
- Ozone39Good46 ppb8.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good8.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.5 ppb20.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm20.9 mi
The days ahead
Highest 65, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 14
- 46TodayOct 15
- 65FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Main Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Main Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 231°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
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 Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 49.9 mi away.
- In force High rip current risk
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 73 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- WSW (249°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 14 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 4 s from WNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:56 PM
- Distance
- 49.9 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 6:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (257°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 10:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 9:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 7:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 6:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 5:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 4:56 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 3:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (237°) |
| Thu 2:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 12:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (242°) |
| Wed 11:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
| Wed 10:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (250°) |
| Wed 9:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (254°) |
| Wed 8:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Wed 7:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
Surf zone forecast
Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:34 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | High |
| Surf height | 3 to 6 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 73 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell from 160° | South swell from 150° |
| Tides | Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PM | Newport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Orange County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.5417° N
- Longitude
- 117.7848° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Main Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/10.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW0117FW0117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/700 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/35.1 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/37.5 mi away/908 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Laguna Beach 1.4 WNWCA-OR-86
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/77 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/12.8 mi away/535 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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