Temperature
52 F at 7 PM; 55 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 35 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 52F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 55F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 35F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Big Bear City Airport
Big Bear City Airport, California
Small airport in San Bernardino County, California* WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph possible. Local gusts to 70 mph below the San Gorgonio Pass. * WHERE...San Bernardino County Mountains. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will weaken and become more localized into Saturday as winds become more easterly.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
51°
62°/36°
Clear·
Feels like 51°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Big Bear City Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Big Bear City Airport is 51° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 60°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 45°. Rain is likely Wednesday (68%). Rain is possible Tuesday (35%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:33 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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.
0UV Low
2Air quality
41%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
51feels51
14mph
Today
Oct 15
6236
21mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5936
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5838
19mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5936
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6037
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
5234
35%
13mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
4529
68%
51°
62°36°
59°36°
58°38°
59°36°
60°37°
52°34°
45°29°
As of 7:00 PM in Big Bear City Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Big Bear City Airport
Index 2, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Big Bear Lake (CA), 6 miles off.
2Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)2Good-
- Ozone-46 ppb21.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-10.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.2 ppb23.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 14
- 43TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Big Bear City Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Big Bear City Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- L35
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- RBF
- Field elevation
- 6,752 ft
- Serves
- Big Bear
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- L35
- Wind now
- From 60° at 15 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 / 26 | 5,850 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | 13 mph head, on 8 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Big Bear City (L35), Big Bear City Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 30 F, the air 42% saturated; the humidity ran from 37% at 4 PM to 71% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 42%
- Humidity, range
- 37 to 71%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the east northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 21 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 33 mph at 2 PM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 21mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 33mph
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.34 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.34inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 9 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 9 PM Wednesday
- 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
Big Bear City: 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 Big Bear City 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,752 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
FawnskinFWSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/6,952 ft/200 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR-18 - SR-189 (Lake Gregory Drive)CF141
Beside a road/22.7 mi away/5,141 ft/1,611 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Big Bear City 0.4 WCA-SR-98
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/6,777 ft/25 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Big Bear LakeBBLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/6,804 ft/52 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Big Bear Lake (BBLC1), 3.1 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 16:00. measured daily
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Riverside Municipal AirportRAL, 40 mi
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