Temperature
68 F at 8 PM; 83 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 68F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 83F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Moffett Federal Airfield
Moffett Federal Airfield, California
Medium airport in Santa Clara County, California67°
80°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Calm 0 mph WNW
Now. Moffett Federal Airfield is 67° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 83°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 63°. Rain is possible Tuesday (41%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:44 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
45Air quality
64%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8053
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8358
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8261
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7155
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6453
26%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6353
41%
Wed
Oct 21
6652
27%
67°
80°53°
83°58°
82°61°
71°55°
64°53°
63°53°
66°52°
As of 9:00 PM in Moffett Federal Airfield, California.
Air quality
The air at Moffett Federal Airfield
Index 45, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Fremont (CA), 9 miles off.
45Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-9.4 mi
- Ozone45Good9 ppb9.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide28Good30 ppb9.4 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm9.4 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 14
- 48TodayOct 15
- 43FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Moffett Federal Airfield
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 Moffett Federal Airfield, 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
- NUQ
- ICAO
- KNUQ
- IATA
- NUQ
- Field elevation
- 32 ft
- Serves
- Mountain View
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- NUQ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14L / 32R | 9,197 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 158° / 338° | Calm | Calm |
| 14R / 32L | 8,121 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 158° / 338° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Moffett NAS/Mtn Vie (NUQ), Moffett Federal Airfield's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 55 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 3 PM to 64% at 8 PM.
- Dew point now
- 55F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 64%
- Humidity, range
- 21 to 64%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 4 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.07 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.07inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 8 AM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 8 AM
- 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
Moffett NAS/Mtn Vie: 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 Moffett Federal Airfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/39 ft/7 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Los Altos RAWSLOAC1
A remote fire weather station/6.6 mi away/479 ft/447 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-580 - I-205CF133
Beside a road/34.5 mi away/301 ft/269 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mountain View 0.6 SECA-SB-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/74 ft/42 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FremontFETC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/39 ft/7 ft above 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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Near Moffett Federal Airfield
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mountain Viewcity, 2 mi
- Sunnyvalecity, 3 mi
- Los Altoscity, 4 mi
- Palo Altocity, 5 mi
- Loyolacommunity, 5 mi
- Los Altos Hillstown, 6 mi
- Santa Claracity, 6 mi
- East Palo Altocity, 6 mi
- Stanfordcommunity, 6 mi
- Cupertinocity, 7 mi
- Menlo Parkcity, 7 mi
- Laderacommunity, 8 mi
Airports near Moffett Federal Airfield
- Palo Alto AirportPAO, 5 mi
- Mineta San Jose International AirportSJC, 8 mi
- San Carlos AirportSQL, 13 mi
- Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara CountyRHV, 14 mi
- Hayward Executive AirportHWD, 17 mi
- San Francisco International AirportSFO, 23 mi
- Livermore Municipal AirportLVK, 23 mi
- Oakland San Francisco Bay AirportOAK, 23 mi