Temperature
68 F at 8 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Merced Regional Macready Field
Merced Regional Macready Field, California
Medium airport in Merced County, California68°
90°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Calm 1 mph NNE
Now. Merced Regional Macready Field is 68° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 55° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 64): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 70°. Rain is possible Wednesday (40%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:32 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
64Air quality
42%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9053
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
9055
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8754
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7551
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7047
28%
Wed
Oct 21
7048
40%
Thu
Oct 22
7047
12%
68°
90°53°
90°55°
87°54°
75°51°
70°47°
70°48°
70°47°
As of 9:00 PM in Merced Regional Macready Field, California.
Air quality
The air at Merced Regional Macready Field
Index 64, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Merced (CA), 2 miles off.
64Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
- Ozone33Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)64Moderate-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 57, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 57YesterdayOct 15
- 64TodayOct 16
- 71SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Merced Regional Macready Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Merced Regional Macready Field, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MCE
- ICAO
- KMCE
- IATA
- MCE
- Field elevation
- 155 ft
- Serves
- Merced
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- MCE
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 5,914 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Merced (MCE), Merced Regional Macready Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 42% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 4 PM to 71% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 42%
- Humidity, range
- 14 to 71%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the north northeast at 9 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 11 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 9 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 9 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 8 PM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 8 PM
- 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
Merced: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Merced Regional Macready Field, 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 now4 instruments
MercedMCE
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/149 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR-99 - MissionCF042
Beside a road/5.1 mi away/187 ft/32 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.4 mi away/201 ft/46 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/20.5 mi away/78 ft/77 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
MercedMCEC1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.1 mi away/161 ft/6 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Merced 0.8 ECA-ME-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/180 ft/25 ft above 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 Merced Regional Macready Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mercedcity, 3 mi
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- Tuttlecommunity, 7 mi
- University of California-Mercedcommunity, 8 mi
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Airports near Merced Regional Macready Field
- Castle AirportMER, 7 mi
- Madera Municipal AirportMAE, 30 mi
- Modesto City Co-Harry Sham FieldMOD, 34 mi
- Columbia AirportO22, 52 mi
- Fresno Chandler Executive AirportFCH, 54 mi
- Fresno Yosemite International AirportFAT, 56 mi
- Hollister Municipal AirportCVH, 56 mi
- Stockton Metropolitan AirportSCK, 58 mi