Airports/California/Edwards Air Force Base
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Edwards Air Force Base until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Edwards Air Force Base is 65° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 17 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 58° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 83°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 67°. Rain is possible Wednesday (41%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 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 18 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Air quality
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mojave (CA), 18 miles off.
Yesterday measured 42, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L / 23R unlit | 12,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 58° / 238° | - | - |
| 05R / 23L | 16,798 ft | 300 ft | Concrete | 58° / 238° | - | - |
| 07 / 25 unlit | 8,000 ft | 50 ft | Concrete | 77° / 257° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Edwards AFB (EDW), Edwards Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
70 F at 7 PM Thursday; 83 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 43 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 28 F, the air 21% saturated; the humidity ran from 11% at 2 PM Thursday to 47% at 3 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
10 mph from the east at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 25 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 35 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.11 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 8,000 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 10 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Edwards AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Edwards Air Force Base, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Edwards AFBEDW
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/2,303 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Saddleback Butte - RAWS #5122SDLC1
A remote fire weather station/17.2 mi away/2,664 ft/352 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/33.2 mi away/4,071 ft/1,759 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/14.4 mi away/2,364 ft/52 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PalmdalePMDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/25.2 mi away/2,599 ft/287 ft above 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.