At an airfield/1.8 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Shoreline Beach Park
Now. Shoreline Beach Park is 89° and mostly clear at 1 PM. With the wind it feels like 85°. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 91° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° 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. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Thursday, near 69°. Rain is likely Wednesday (69%) and Thursday (57%). Rain is possible Tuesday (43%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:34 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.
As of 1:00 PM in Shoreline Beach Park, California.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Coast (CA), 7 miles off.
Highest 51, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 5 AM, lowest 10 miles Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SE 139°
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.
The surf zone forecast for San Diego County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 17.0 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| 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°) |
San Diego County Coastal Areas. Issued 1:14 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | This afternoon through saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet. Sets to 5 feet | 3 to 5 feet. Sets to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | 69 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed swell from 190° and 300° | Mixed swell from 200° and 300° |
| Tides | La JollaHigh 4.3 ft, 1:15 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:24 PM | La JollaHigh 3.6 ft, 7:16 AMLow 3.5 ft, 9:40 AMHigh 4.1 ft, 3:13 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:25 PM |
The 5 instruments nearest Shoreline Beach Park, 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/1.8 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW0495FW0495
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mission Valley RAWSBVDC1
A remote fire weather station/6.9 mi away/305 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Diego 8.0 SWCA-SD-229
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/211 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
San Diego Sea WorldSWDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/-13 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.