Marine Layer

[solsurfer]

I live by the beach in LA.  Often the weather is gorgeous a mile away from the coast, but down on the actual beach it's cold and windy.  (We call it June Gloom.)  Usually we head down to the beach unsure if it will be freezing, and if so, we hope that the marine layer burns off and it turns nice.  Are there any publicly available sites or resources I could use to find out if the beach is nice at the moment?  How about to predict if the marine layer will burn off (or come late)?  

 

We are close to LAX airport, so there seems to be lots of weather info for our area but I haven't been able to figure this out.  There are even web cameras that we can use to see the beach, but often it's hard to tell since its still sunny, but hazy and the cameras are wide angle and not great quality.  

 

If there aren't any resources, I was thinking I could install some sensors down there (I have friends with houses down there), but not sure what would be required. I'm looking to build an app that will report this data.  Looking for some help regarding the forecasting algorithm.  Happy to share with all interested.  Would appreciate any and all help and advice!

[forecaster]

 

I live by the beach in LA.  Often the weather is gorgeous a mile away from the coast, but down on the actual beach it's cold and windy.  (We call it June Gloom.)  Usually we head down to the beach unsure if it will be freezing, and if so, we hope that the marine layer burns off and it turns nice.  Are there any publicly available sites or resources I could use to find out if the beach is nice at the moment?  How about to predict if the marine layer will burn off (or come late)?  

 

We are close to LAX airport, so there seems to be lots of weather info for our area but I haven't been able to figure this out.  There are even web cameras that we can use to see the beach, but often it's hard to tell since its still sunny, but hazy and the cameras are wide angle and not great quality.  

 

If there aren't any resources, I was thinking I could install some sensors down there (I have friends with houses down there), but not sure what would be required. I'm looking to build an app that will report this data.  Looking for some help regarding the forecasting algorithm.  Happy to share with all interested.  Would appreciate any and all help and advice!

 

 

Use the KLAX TAF for a clue. 

 

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