Temperature
67 F at 12 AM; 94 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 94F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 48F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Beale Air Force Base
Now. Beale Air Force Base is 64° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:29 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Beale Air Force Base, California.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Yuba City and Marysville (CA), 10 miles off.
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 | 12,001 ft | 300 ft | Concrete | 162° / 342° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Beale AFB/Marysvile (BAB), Beale Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
67 F at 12 AM; 94 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 48 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 35 F, the air 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 11% at 1 PM Thursday to 62% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the north northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 18 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 24 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 12 AM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Beale AFB/Marysvile: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Beale Air Force Base, 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/112 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Browns Valley 1SSE - SchoolBVSC1
At a school/7.1 mi away/231 ft/118 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Hwy 80 at Bryte BendCD035
Beside a road/37.3 mi away/52 ft/61 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Beale Afb 1.5 WNWCA-SU-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/132 ft/19 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Nicolaus No2NICC1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/41 ft/72 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.