Temperature
63 F at 3 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/French Valley Airport
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for French Valley Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. French Valley Airport is 65° and clear at 3 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° 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 tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Thursday, near 68°. Rain is likely Wednesday (67%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%) and Thursday (47%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:30 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in French Valley Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Temecula Vly (CA), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 175, unhealthy, Sat 8 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 11 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 9 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 6,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 195° / 15° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Murrieta (F70), French Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
63 F at 3 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 43 F, the air 49% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 3 PM Thursday to 71% at 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the west southwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 15 mph, 4 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.02 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 7 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
Murrieta: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest French Valley 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 now4 instruments
MurrietaF70
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/1,343 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Lake Skinner RAWSLXSC1
A remote fire weather station/3.7 mi away/1,660 ft/310 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/10.6 mi away/1,140 ft/210 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
I-10 - West of Haugen-Lehmann WayCF012
Beside a road/34.5 mi away/1,358 ft/8 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Winchester 6.5 SCA-RV-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/1,422 ft/72 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ElsinoreEORC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/1,286 ft/64 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.