Temperature
72 F at 8 PM; 80 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 72F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 80F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Westover Field Amador County Airport
Westover Field Amador County Airport, California
Small airport in Amador County, California...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of Sierra Nevada and adjacent Foothills. * TIMING...Until 10 AM PDT Friday. * WINDS...Northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 25 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Daytime humidity 10 to 20% with single digits possible and very poor overnight recoveries. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
70°
84°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light breeze 4 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Westover Field Amador County Airport until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Westover Field Amador County Airport is 70° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° 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 85°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry.
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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
26%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8454
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8561
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8559
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8158
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6748
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6446
24%
Wed
Oct 21
6546
25%
70°
84°54°
85°61°
85°59°
81°58°
67°48°
64°46°
65°46°
As of 9:00 PM in Westover Field Amador County Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Westover Field Amador County Airport
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Calaveras County (CA), 14 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good24.1 mi
- Ozone44Good61 ppb24.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
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 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Westover Field Amador County 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 Westover Field Amador County 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
- JAQ
- ICAO
- KJAQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,690 ft
- Serves
- Jackson
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- JAQ
- Wind now
- From 350° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 3,401 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 20° / 200° | 3 mph head, on 01 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Jackson (JAQ), Westover Field Amador County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 35 F, the air 25% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 3 PM to 36% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 35F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 25%
- Humidity, range
- 17 to 36%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 8 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 8 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.11 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.11inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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
Jackson: 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 Westover Field Amador County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
JacksonJAQ
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/1,679 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Argonaut DamANUC1
At a dam/1.6 mi away/1,518 ft/172 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
99NB at Dillard RoadCD044
Beside a road/29.4 mi away/43 ft/1,647 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Sutter HillSRLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,609 ft/81 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Sutter Creek 0.4 NNWCA-AM-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/1,198 ft/492 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Westover Field Amador County Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Martellcommunity, 1 mi
- Sutter Creekcity, 1 mi
- Jacksoncity, 2 mi
- Amador Citycity, 3 mi
- Drytowncommunity, 5 mi
- Mokelumne Hillcommunity, 7 mi
- Pine Grovecommunity, 8 mi
- Plymouthcity, 8 mi
- Ionecity, 8 mi
- Palomacommunity, 8 mi
- Buena Vistacommunity, 9 mi
- Fiddletowncommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Westover Field Amador County Airport
- Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen FieldCPU, 18 mi
- Placerville AirportPVF, 24 mi
- Sacramento Mather AirportMHR, 30 mi
- Columbia AirportO22, 32 mi
- McClellan AirfieldMCC, 38 mi
- Sacramento Executive AirportSAC, 39 mi
- Stockton Metropolitan AirportSCK, 41 mi
- Auburn Municipal AirportAUN, 43 mi