Focused Live Outlook
Lightning live risk in Santa Cruz, CA
Thunderstorm and lightning conditions for Santa Cruz, CA over the next 6–24 hours.
Updated just now. Live data typically refreshes every 5–40 minutes.
Thunderstorm alerts
0
SPC Day 1
No Day 1 signal
Current precip
0.0 mm
Humidity
90%
Historical baseline
Lightning baseline: 0/100 (Low).
Live weather
Current conditions near Santa Cruz, CA
Temp
56°
☁️Cloudy
Feels like
56°
Feels-like temp
Humidity
90%
Relative
Wind
2 mph
10 m avg
Pressure
1013 mb
Sea-level
Rain
0 mm
Clouds 91%
Next few hours
☁️1 AM
56°
0% rain
☁️2 AM
56°
0% rain
☁️3 AM
54°
0% rain
☁️4 AM
53°
0% rain
☁️5 AM
53°
0% rain
☁️6 AM
52°
0% rain
Next few days
☁️Sun
74° / 51°
3% rain
⛅Mon
74° / 48°
2% rain
☀️Tue
78° / 57°
0% rain
☀️Wed
75° / 61°
0% rain
⛅Thu
73° / 61°
0% rain
⛅Fri
77° / 63°
0% rain
⛅Sat
79° / 64°
0% rain
Live weather alerts
Active NWS advisories near Santa Cruz, CA
No active NWS alerts near this city right now.
Source: NWS alerts feed.
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