Temperature
73 F at 7 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 81F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Bicycle Lake Army Air Field
Now. Bicycle Lake Army Air Field is 69° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 11 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 81°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is possible Tuesday (31%) and Wednesday (42%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in Bicycle Lake Army Air Field, California.
Air quality
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Barstow (CA), 35 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by nitrogen dioxide. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 55, moderate, Sat 12 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 9,631 ft | 175 ft | GRE | 51° / 231° | 12 mph head, on 04 | 5 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 unlit | 6,124 ft | 175 ft | GRE | 141° / 321° | 5 mph head, on 31 | 12 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Bicycle Lake (BYS), Bicycle Lake Army Air Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
73 F at 7 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 37 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 18% at 3 PM to 53% at 11 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 24 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 33 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.14 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 8 miles at 11 PM Wednesday; 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
Bicycle Lake: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Bicycle Lake Army Air Field, 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
Bicycle LakeBYS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,349 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Zzyzx Field StationZZYC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/25.2 mi away/2,093 ft/257 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-40 - Barstow Maintenance YardCF029
Beside a road/34.2 mi away/2,129 ft/221 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Barstow Fire StationBARC1
At a fire lookout or ranger station/35.1 mi away/2,392 ft/42 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Barstow 3.0 ECA-SR-104
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.1 mi away/2,393 ft/43 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Barstow Fire Station (BARC1), 35.1 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 10:00. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.