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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Salt Creek Beach
Salt Creek 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.
91°
92°/71°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 87°·Moderate breeze 14 mph ENE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Salt Creek Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Salt Creek Beach is 91° and mostly clear at 12 PM. With the wind it feels like 87°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 14 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 83° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 7 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 86°, and the coolest Thursday, near 64°. Rain is likely Wednesday (73%) and Thursday (50%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 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.
6UV High
38Air quality
17%Humidity
15%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
91feels87
14mph
UV 6
Today
Oct 16
9271
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8674
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
8266
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7766
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6861
49%
Wed
Oct 21
6558
73%
Thu
Oct 22
6457
50%
91°
92°71°
86°74°
82°66°
77°66°
68°61°
65°58°
64°57°
As of 12:00 PM in Salt Creek Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Salt Creek Beach
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 11 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good10.8 mi
- Ozone38Good43 ppb10.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)33Good10.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 65, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- 65TodayOct 16
- 46SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salt Creek Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Salt Creek Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 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 Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 44.7 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 72 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- WSW (250°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 15 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 5 s from WNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Fri 11:56 AM
- Distance
- 44.7 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 11:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 10:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (251°) |
| Fri 9:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Fri 8:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 7:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Fri 6:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 5:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 4:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 3:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 2:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (253°) |
| Fri 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 12:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (254°) |
| Thu 11:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
| Thu 10:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 7:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| 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°) |
Surf zone forecast
Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:44 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed south wind swell from 190° and west swell from 300° | Mixed south wind swell from 160° and northwest swell from 320° |
| 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
- 33.4838° N
- Longitude
- 117.7278° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Salt Creek Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6246GW6246
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.6 mi away/979 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/15.5 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/31.2 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Laguna Beach 3.2 SSECA-OR-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/194 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/16.3 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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