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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Ribbon Beach
Ribbon Beach, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and combined seas 2 to 5 ft expected when conditions are worst. * WHERE...East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island and Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 3 AM PDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 3 AM to 5 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will create dangerous sea conditions which could capsize or damage small and large vessels. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX) for more.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
81°
94°/77°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 6 mph NNE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Ribbon Beach until 5 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ribbon Beach is 81° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 79° by 5 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 89°, and the coolest Thursday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (55%) and Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Thursday (40%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:37 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
81feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9477
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8977
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8270
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7565
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6859
55%
Wed
Oct 21
6857
69%
Thu
Oct 22
6657
40%
UV 6
81°
94°77°
89°77°
82°70°
75°65°
68°59°
68°57°
66°57°
As of 1:00 AM in Ribbon Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Ribbon Beach
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 34 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone20Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ribbon Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Ribbon Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 242°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46025, 36.0 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSE (153°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 15 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 4 s from NW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:50 AM
- Distance
- 36.0 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 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°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.4498° N
- Longitude
- 118.5795° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ribbon Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/9.9 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW3786CW3786
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.1 mi away/596 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rancho Palos Verdes 0.7 WNWCA-LA-88
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.5 mi away/1,208 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/26.5 mi away/257 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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