Temperature
93 F at 4 PM; 94 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 93F
- 4 PM
- Highest
- 94F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 45F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport is 88° and clear at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 84°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 12 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 95°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 72°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (68%). Tomorrow is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:38 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Temecula Vly (CA), 18 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 / 21 | 6,005 ft | 221 ft | Asphalt | 45° / 225° | 7 mph head, on 03 | 5 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Camp Pendleton Mcas (NFG), Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
93 F at 4 PM; 94 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 45 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 39 F, the air 15% saturated; the humidity ran from 15% at 2 PM to 100% at 5 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
9 mph from the north at 4 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 24 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.87 inHg at 4 PM, falling 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.17 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 1,500 ft at 11 AM; a base was reported in 4 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
Camp Pendleton Mcas: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) 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/79 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/722 ft/644 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/13.0 mi away/1,140 ft/1,062 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oceanside 6.2 WNWCA-SD-78
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/98 ft/20 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a harbour/6.7 mi away/23 ft/55 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.