At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/6,234 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/William Kent Beach
William Kent Beach, California
Beach in Placer 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°
64°/42°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 9 mph ENE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for William Kent Beach until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. William Kent Beach is 51° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 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 66°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 45°. Rain is likely Tuesday (58%). Rain is possible Wednesday (45%). Frost is possible Tuesday morning, a low of 34°.
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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
34%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
51feels51
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6442
19mph
Fri
Oct 16
6539
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
6641
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6341
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5641
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
4634
58%
Wed
Oct 21
4533
45%
51°
64°42°
65°39°
66°41°
63°41°
56°41°
46°34°
45°33°
As of 8:00 PM in William Kent Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at William Kent Beach
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Tahoe City area (CA), 2 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good1.8 mi
- Ozone35Good40 ppb1.8 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at William Kent 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 William Kent 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
- Placer County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 39.1415° N
- Longitude
- 120.1528° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest William Kent Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Hwy 89 at RampartCD040
Beside a road/2.1 mi away/6,217 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/12.4 mi away/5,899 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW8247FW8247
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/5,914 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tahoe CityTAHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/6,234 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Tahoe City 0.6 NNECA-PC-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/6,370 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoe City (TAHC1), 1.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near William Kent Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 1 mi
- Homewoodski area, 4 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 4 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 6 mi
- Cedar Flatcommunity, 6 mi
- Palisades Tahoesurveyed ski area, 6 mi
- Carnelian Baycommunity, 8 mi
- Tahoe Vistacommunity, 9 mi
- Northstarsurveyed ski area, 9 mi
- Kings Beachcommunity, 10 mi
- Truckeetown, 13 mi
- Sugar Bowlski area, 15 mi
Beaches near William Kent Beach
- Lake Tahoe Commons Beach2 mi
- Lake Forest Beach Park3 mi
- Patton Beach8 mi
- Sandy Beach9 mi
- Atagam Beach9 mi
- Moondunes Beach9 mi
- North Tahoe Beach9 mi
- Secline Beach9 mi