Temperature
67 F at 7 PM; 84 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 67F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 84F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport
Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport, California
Small airport in Kern County, California* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Indian Wells Valley, Mojave Desert, and Mojave Desert Slopes. * WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highways impacted include US Highway 395, and State Routes 14, 58, and 178.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
65°
88°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Light breeze 8 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport is 65° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 8 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is possible Wednesday (39%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:35 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 21 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
26%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8845
22mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8458
28mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8255
17mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8249
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8350
18mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7348
27%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
6843
39%
13mph
65°
88°45°
84°58°
82°55°
82°49°
83°50°
73°48°
68°43°
As of 9:00 PM in Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Mojave (CA), 18 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone35Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- 9L2
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 2,299 ft
- Serves
- Edwards
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- 9L2
- Wind now
- From 30° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 5,998 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 74° / 254° | 5 mph head, on 06 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Edwards N-Aux (9L2), Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 30 F, the air 25% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 2 PM to 51% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 25%
- Humidity, range
- 14 to 51%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.13 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.13inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 11 AM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 11 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Edwards N-Aux: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,300 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Saddleback Butte - RAWS #5122SDLC1
A remote fire weather station/22.5 mi away/2,664 ft/365 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/32.3 mi away/4,071 ft/1,772 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
California City 8.8 SWCA-KN-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.6 mi away/2,364 ft/65 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PalmdalePMDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/30.8 mi away/2,599 ft/300 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Edwardscommunity, 3 mi
- Edwards AFBcommunity, 7 mi
- California Citycity, 11 mi
- Boroncommunity, 12 mi
- Mojavecommunity, 18 mi
- Rosamondcommunity, 20 mi
- Lancastercity, 26 mi
- Lake Los Angelescommunity, 26 mi
- Randsburgcommunity, 29 mi
- Johannesburgcommunity, 29 mi
- Sun Villagecommunity, 30 mi
- Quartz Hillcommunity, 31 mi
Airports near Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport
- Edwards Air Force BaseEDW, 6 mi
- California City Municipal AirportL71, 14 mi
- Mojave Air & Space PortMHV, 17 mi
- General William J Fox AirfieldWJF, 27 mi
- Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 AirportPMD, 28 mi
- Tehachapi Municipal AirportTSP, 34 mi
- Southern California Logistics AirportVCV, 38 mi
- China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) AirportNID, 49 mi