Santa Monica, CA 90405 Weather

Los Angeles County4:40 PM PDT34.01°N, 118.47°W
Beach Hazards Statement until 3:00 AM Fri

Current conditions

Clear
73°
Clear
Feels like 74°
High 75°·Low 61°
WindSW 6 mph
Humidity69%
Dew point63°
Pressure29.85 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover35%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:04 AM
Sunset6:15 PM

Observed at Santa Monica, Santa Monica Municipal Airport · 20 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Tonight

    A slight chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  • Wednesday

    Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Sunny 75°
  2. 5 PM Partly Sunny 73°
  3. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 71°
  4. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 70°
  5. 8 PM Mostly Cloudy 67°
  6. 9 PM Mostly Cloudy 67°
  7. 10 PM Mostly Cloudy 66°
  8. 11 PM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  9. Wed12 AM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  10. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  11. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 64°
  12. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  13. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 63°
  14. 5 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 63°19%
  15. 6 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°19%
  16. 7 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 62°19%
  17. 8 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 64°19%
  18. 9 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 65°19%
  19. 10 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 68°19%
  20. 11 AM Rain Likely 69°65%
  21. 12 PM Rain Likely 68°65%
  22. 1 PM Rain Likely 68°65%
  23. 2 PM Rain Likely 67°65%
  24. 3 PM Rain Likely 67°65%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 20 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny19%61°75°
  2. WedOct 21 Rain Rain98%59°70°
  3. ThuOct 22 Rain Rain92%58°66°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny57°70°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny59°75°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny60°78°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny60°79°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly clear Mostly clear61°81°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy63°84°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy64°80°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

45
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • TueGood (50)
  • WedGood (39)

NW Coastal LA, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:04 AM
Sunset 6:15 PM
Daylight 11 h 11 min (−1 min 59 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 72% lit
Moonrise 3:15 PM Moonset 1:27 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low74° / 59°
Record high97° (2016)
Record low45° (1949)
Wettest1.14 in (2004)
Yesterday80° / 65°
Month to date0.23 in (normal 0.24 in)

Los Angeles Airport Area, records since 1944. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOX, issued 14 hrs ago

Synopsis

20/227 AM.

It will be cooler today. Widespread rain will develop Wednesday and continue into Thursday with a chance of thunderstorms. A weak Santa Ana will develop in the storms wake.

Long Term (fri-mon)

20/227 AM.

As it often happens east Pac ridging will follow on the heals of the upper low. Dry NNW flow will move into the state on Friday. In addition offshore flow from north will develop at the sfc. This will lead to some close to advisory wind gusts through the northerly oriented passes and canyons. Skies will turn sunny and this along with rising hgts will bring 3 to 6 degrees of warming to the area.

A low level Santa Ana will develop Saturday and continue through Monday. There will only be 2 to 4 mb offshore flow and marginal upper level support so winds may even stay under advisory level - it will certainly be nothing like last Friday's wind event. Look for another 3 to 6 degrees of warming on Saturday with little change on Sunday and Monday. Even with the warming almost all max temps across the csts and vly will only reach into the 70s.

Aviation

20/0928Z.

At 0832Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 800 ft deep. The top of the inversion was at 1800 ft with a temperature of 22 C.

High confidence in VFR TAFs at KBUR, KVNY, KPMD, and KWJF.

Moderate confidence in IFR-MVFR conds at KSMX, KSMO, KLAX, & KLGB. Timing may be off +/- 3 hours with CIG height +/- 200 ft of TAF. There is a 25% chance for no low clouds.

Good confidence in TAFs for KSBP, KSBA, KOXR, and KCMA. There is a 15% chance for brief IFR-MVFR conds 20/12Z-17Z.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. There is a 25% chance for no low clouds. There is a 30% chc of lower cigs of OVC008. Low clouds may arrive as early as 11Z. No significant east wind component expected.

Marine

20/216 AM.

Relatively quiet conditions are expected across the waters today, then a storm system will move into the coastal waters as early as late this evening. This system will impact the area through Thursday. While at this point it doesn't appear as though it will bring significant winds, there will likely be some enhanced southerly flow Wednesday, which may require SCAs to be issued (including nearshore). In addition to the enhanced southerly flow, boaters can expect rain and a chance of thunderstorms and isolated waterspouts. With any thunderstorm there is the threat of lightning, gusty and erratic winds, small hail, and choppy seas. As the system leaves the area Thursday, fairly widespread west to northwest SCA winds will impact much of the coastal waters, creating steep, choppy wind waves.

Then a weak to locally moderate Santa Ana Wind event is likely this weekend, with some localized SCA level gusts possible nearshore in favored areas nearshore adjacent to Ventura and LA Counties.

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