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Current Irvine Conditions
Rancho San Joaquin-University Park
Latitude: 33.66289, Longitude: -117.83017; Elevation: 72 Feet

Updated 5/19/13 @ 2:16am

61°F
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Temp. Rate: °/hr.
24-hr Temp. Change: °F



Visibility: 10 mi.

High: 62°F 
(12:00am) 

Low: 61°F 
(1:26am)
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      Humidity:
        Hi/Lo:
86% 
86%/79%
      Dew Point:
        Hi/Lo:
        
Wet Bulb Temperature:
56°F 
56°F/55°F
      Wind:  
      Maximum Gust: mph (1:29am)
      Daily Rain:
in.
      Pressure: 29.97 in. 
        24-hour Pressure Change:
      Density Altitude: 269 ft.
      Pressure Altitude: 116 ft.
      Vapor Pressure: 0.46 in.

Coastal Orange County 5-Day Forecast

Comprehensive Area Forecast Discussion
No Warning
is forecast to be normal.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
Clear Clear Clear Clear Clear
Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy
75° 79° 77° 72° 70°
61° 63° 59° 59° 57°

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Records and Normals

 
Temperature Yesterday Forecast Normal Record¹
High 72° 75° 72° 83°
(2008)
Low 59° 61° 59° 56°
(2003)


Station Temperature and Wind Extremes
This Month's High Temp: 89°F (5/13/13)
This Month's Low Temp: 54°F (5/3/13)
This Month's Peak Wind Gust: mph (5/4/13)

This Year's High Temp: 89°F (5/13/13)
This Year's Low Temp: 34°F (1/12/13)
This Year's Peak Wind Gust: mph (2/24/13)

Record High Temp²: 104°F (9/27/10)
Record Low Temp²: 31°F (1/14/07)
Record Wind Gust²: 47 mph (1/16/08)

¹Official record for KSNA Since 1/1/1999
²Record for Irvineweather.net Since 3/1/2004

National Temperature Extremes


High Sat: 104°F at Vernon, TX Low Sat: 22°F at Bodie, CA

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Sunrise:  
5:47am
Moonrise: 
2:13pm

Moon Phase:

        57% Illuminated        

Sunset: 
7:47pm
Moonset:  
1:56am
    
Rain Sentinel
Date of Last Rain: 5/7/13   
Monthly Rain: in.  
Total Rain to Date*: in.  
Normal Total Rain*: 12.82 in.  
Last Year's Total Rain*: 6.28 in.  
*Total Rain is based on the California Water Year,
  which runs from July 1 through June 30.
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Area Forecast Discussion
Expires:No;;360118
FXUS66 KSGX 190403
AFDSGX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
902 PM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EAST PACIFIC WILL EXPAND OVER CALIFORNIA 
THROUGH TUESDAY BRINGING DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS...AND A 
SHALLOWER MARINE LAYER. A PERIOD OF GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS IS POSSIBLE 
MONDAY MORNING ALONG THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS...HELPING TO PUSH DAYTIME 
TEMPERATURES BACK ABOVE NORMAL. COOLER BY WEDNESDAY AND FOR THE 
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW DEEPENS SOUTH ALONG THE 
WEST COAST AND ONSHORE FLOW INCREASES. THE MARINE LAYER AND 
ASSOCIATED LOW CLOUDS WILL BECOME MORE EXTENSIVE THROUGH FRIDAY... 
AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS.   
&&
.DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTIES...
OTHER THAN SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...SKIES WERE 
CLEAR ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING. SURFACE PRESSURE 
GRADIENTS WERE RUNNING 4-8 MBS ONSHORE WITH 25-30 MPH AND LOCALLY 
STRONGER WIND GUSTS IN THE WINDIER MOUNTAIN AND DESERT SPOTS. THE 
00Z MIRAMAR SOUNDING HAD A WEAK INVERSION BASED NEAR 3K FT.
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTPAC AND LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN 
WILL CONTINUE A DRY...NW FLOW OVER CA THROUGH TUE. HEIGHTS/THICKNESS 
WILL SLOWLY BUILD OVER SOCAL...WHILE THE MARINE LAYER DECREASES... 
LIMITING NOCTURNAL LOW CLOUDS/FOG TO COASTAL AND WESTERN VALLEYS 
AREAS. A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH SLIDING SE IN THAT FLOW TOWARD NW AZ BY 
MON MORNING WILL TEMPORARILY BUILD SFC PRESSURE OVER NV AND FORCE AN 
OFFSHORE FLOW OVER INLAND PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND 
TURN BACK ONSHORE LATER IN THE DAY AND REMAIN ONSHORE FOR THE 
BALANCE OF THE WEEK AS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEEPENS 
SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE MARINE LAYER DEEPENS. SEASONALLY 
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP WED THROUGH FRI THROUGH THE 
MOUNTAINS AND INTO THE DESERTS EACH EVENING. WARMEST DAYS WILL BE 
MON AND TUE...WITH A COOLING TREND BRINGING TEMPS BACK TO NEAR 
NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.   
ONE POTENTIAL ISSUE WILL SURFACE ON MON MORNING WHEN IT APPEARS SOME 
GUSTY OFFSHORE WINDS COULD DEVELOP BELOW THE PASSES AND CANYONS. AT 
THE SAME TIME...DEW POINTS WILL BE FALLING AND TEMPS RISING SHARPLY. 
THIS WOULD INCREASE THE THREAT OF WILDFIRE. LATER IN THE DAY...THE 
WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND TURN BACK ONSHORE...BUT IT WILL CONTINUE QUITE 
WARM AND DRY FAR INLAND INTO TUE. THE LOCAL WRFEMS INDICATES THE 
OFFSHORE WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT OVER COASTAL AREAS WITH THE MARINE 
LAYER REMAINING INTACT.
MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SUGGESTS GENERAL TROUGHING SHOULD HOLD OVER 
THE WEST THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND WITH A MODERATE MARINE LAYER AND TEMPS 
CLOSE TO AVERAGE.   
&&
.AVIATION...
190330Z...COAST/VALLEYS...FEW LOW CLOUDS WITH BASES 1200-1500 FT MSL 
AND TOPS TO 1800 FT MSL ARE CURRENTLY INCREASING OVER THE COASTAL 
WATERS. THE CLOUDS WILL SPREAD INLAND OVERNIGHT...IMPACTING KSAN AND 
KCRQ WITH BKN-OVC CIGS 1000-1200 FT MSL AFT 05Z...AND IMPACTING KSNA 
WITH BKN-OVC CIGS AROUND 1200 FT MSL AFT 07Z. BY 12Z...LOW CLOUDS 
AND FOG COULD REACH 10-15 MILES INLAND. LOW CLOUDS ARE NOT LIKELY TO 
REACH KONT...ALTHOUGH VIS MAY LOWER TO 3-5SM BY 12Z. EXPECT CLEARING 
TO THE COAST BETWEEN 16Z AND 18Z. 
MTNS/DESERTS...UNRESTRICTED VIS AND SKC THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. W TO 
NW WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 25-35 KT WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE MOD-STG 
UDDFS AND LLWS OVR THE MTNS AND ADJACENT DESERT SLOPES THROUGH 
TONIGHT.  
&&
.MARINE...
A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC WILL ARRIVE 
TOMORROW AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BRINGING ELEVATED SURF AND 
STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
MUCH WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHLAND ON 
SUNDAY AND MONDAY...WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RISING 5 TO 15 DEGREES 
ABOVE NORMAL BY MONDAY.  DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO 
FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS ON MONDAY...FOLLOWING 
MODERATE TO LOCALLY POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES.  
THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MODERATE AND GUSTY NORTHEAST 
WINDS TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN BERNARDINO 
MOUNTAINS...THE SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS...AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY 
MOUNTAINS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.  ALTHOUGH 
WIDESPREAD GUSTS APPEAR TO REMAIN AROUND 30 MPH AT THIS TIME...SOME 
OF THE FAVORED WINDY SPOTS THROUGH AND BELOW THE CANYONS AND PASSES 
MAY SEE LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  THE DURATION OF THESE NORTHEAST 
WINDS WILL BE RELATIVELY SHORT LIVED...SO NO HIGHLIGHTS ARE 
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.  HOWEVER...THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE 
WITH THE VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ON MONDAY TO ELEVATE THE 
WILDFIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO...ORANGE...AND 
RIVERSIDE COUNTIES.
&&
.SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&
$$
PUBLIC...JAD
AVIATION/MARINE...PG
FIRE WX...PALMER


Local Weather Exchange
John Wayne Airport, CA

Temp: 63°F, Humidity: 77%, Dew Point: 55°F
Wind: ESE @ mph
Pressure: 29.98 in., Visibility: 10 mi., Ceiling:
Updated: 05/19/2013 02:07am

Burbank Airport, CA

Temp: 63°F, Humidity: 68%, Dew Point: 52°F
Wind: --- @ mph
Pressure: 29.98 in., Visibility: 10 mi., Ceiling:
Updated: 05/19/2013 01:53am

University Hills, UCI, Irvine, CA
Temp: 57°F, Humidity: 96%, Dew Point: 56°F
Wind: WSW @ mph
Pressure: 29.97 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:10:05

Irvine Neighborhood Weather, Irvine, CA
Temp: 60°F, Humidity: 86%, Dew Point: 56°F
Wind: NW @ mph
Pressure: 29.95 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:09:28

Woodbridge-Knollglen, Irvine, CA
Temp: 61°F, Humidity: 86%, Dew Point: 57°F
Wind: WNW @ mph
Pressure: 30.00 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:05:31

Santa Ana Heights, Newport Beach, CA
Temp: 61°F, Humidity: 91%, Dew Point: 58°F
Wind: East @ mph
Pressure: 29.97 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 01:57:50

Pacific Ridge, Newport Coast, CA
Temp: 57°F, Humidity: 95%, Dew Point: 55°F
Wind: SW @ mph
Pressure: 29.87 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:05:22

Greentree, Irvine, CA
Temp: 60°F, Humidity: 70%, Dew Point: 50°F
Wind: SW @ mph
Pressure: 29.97 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:10:01

Upper Newport Bay - W6IT, Newport Beach, CA
Temp: 60°F, Humidity: 93%, Dew Point: 58°F
Wind: SSW @ mph
Pressure: 29.98 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:09:27

Irvine Terrace, Corona Del Mar, CA
Temp: 62°F, Humidity: 84%, Dew Point: 57°F
Wind: ESE @ mph
Pressure: 29.87 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:09:32

Balboa L Street, Balboa, CA
Temp: 62°F, Humidity: 90%, Dew Point: 59°F
Wind: SE @ mph
Pressure: 29.97 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:02:46

Northwood, Irvine, CA
Temp: 60°F, Humidity: 87%, Dew Point: 56°F
Wind: SSW @ mph
Pressure: 30.00 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 02:10:03

Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, CA
Temp: 62°F, Humidity: 89%, Dew Point: 59°F
Wind: West @ mph
Pressure: 29.95 in., Cloud Base:
Updated: 05/19 01:55:42

Marine Observations
Expires:No;;360691
SXUS86 KSGX 190417
CGRSGX
COASTAL WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
915 PM PDT SAT MAY 18 2013
ID   /WX VSB  / WIND   / WAVE / SEA/ AIR/ PRESS/ REMARKS   STATION
3L3  C10      / W03    /      /    / 63 /      /           NEWPORT BEACH


Expires:No;;366594
SXUS86 KLOX 190757
CGRLOX
COASTAL WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
100 AM PDT SUN MAY 19 2013
ID   WX VSB   WIND      WAVE   SEA  AIR  REMARKS    STATION NAME
1MB         / ESE05   /      /    / 53 /            MORRO BAY
1SL         / CALM    /      /    / 53 /            PORT SAN LUIS
L79  C08    / WNW05   / 0210 / 59 / 57 / W/MX3      CHANNEL ISLANDS HBR


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