Temperature
75 F at 7 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 55 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field
Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, California
Medium airport in San Diego County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
75°
91°/58°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field is 75° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 6 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 94°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 72°. Rain is likely Wednesday (68%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:39 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
45Air quality
27%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9158
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9466
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9070
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8864
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8263
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7361
49%
12mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7258
68%
UV 6
75°
91°58°
94°66°
90°70°
88°64°
82°63°
73°61°
72°58°
As of 8:00 PM in Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, California.
Air quality
The air at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field
Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Coast (CA), 5 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good1.9 mi
- Ozone38Good42 ppb1.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)23Good1.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- NKX
- ICAO
- KNKX
- IATA
- NKX
- Field elevation
- 477 ft
- Serves
- San Diego
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NKX
- Wind now
- From 50° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06H / 24H | 1,000 ft | 100 ft | concrete | 75° / 255° | 9 mph head, on 06H | 4 mph from the left |
| 06L / 24R | 12,000 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 75° / 255° | 9 mph head, on 06L | 4 mph from the left |
| 06R / 24L | 8,001 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 75° / 255° | 9 mph head, on 06R | 4 mph from the left |
| H1 unlit | 100 ft | 100 ft | concrete | 225° / 45° | 10 mph head, on | 1 mph from the right |
| H2 unlit | 100 ft | 100 ft | concrete | 225° / 45° | 10 mph head, on | 1 mph from the right |
| H3 unlit | 100 ft | 100 ft | concrete | 225° / 45° | 10 mph head, on | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Miramar NAS (NKX), Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 12% at 12 PM to 74% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 27%
- Humidity, range
- 12 to 74%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 30 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- 30mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 9 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 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
Miramar NAS: 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 Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Miramar NASNKX
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/420 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Camp Elliot RAWSMPEC1
A remote fire weather station/2.3 mi away/492 ft/15 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/38.9 mi away/1,140 ft/663 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
San Diego 13.9NCA-SD-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/406 ft/71 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
San Diego Sea WorldSWDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/-13 ft/490 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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