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Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, California

Large airport in Alameda County, California

Air quality

The air at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Oakland (CA), 6 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
OAK
ICAO
KOAK
IATA
OAK
Field elevation
9 ft
Serves
Oakland
Kind
Large airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
OAK
Wind now
From 330° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
10L / 28R5,457 ft150 ftAsphalt113° / 293°2 mph head, on 28R2 mph from the right
10R / 28L6,213 ft150 ftAsphalt112° / 292°2 mph head, on 28L2 mph from the right
12 / 3010,520 ft150 ftAsphalt129° / 309°3 mph head, on 301 mph from the right
15 / 333,376 ft75 ftAsphalt165° / 345°3 mph head, on 331 mph from the left
10L28R10R28L123015335,000 ftN330° 3 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Oakland (OAK), Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

58 F at 1 AM; 82 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 51 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.

Now
58F
1 AM
Highest
82F
3 PM Thursday
Lowest
51F
3 AM Thursday
Temperature and Dew point at Oakland, temperature from 51.0 to 82.0, the latest 58.0; dew point from 39.0 to 57.0, the latest 46.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF204060801003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16FREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 46 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 27% at 3 PM Thursday to 72% at 12 AM.

Dew point now
46F
1 AM
Humidity now
64%
Humidity, range
27 to 72%
Relative humidity at Oakland, relative humidity from 27 to 72, the latest 64, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%204060803 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 2 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 5 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
11mph
5 PM Thursday
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Oakland, wind from 0 to 11, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Wind direction at Oakland, wind direction from 30 to 340, the latest 330, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703603 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.07 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.07inHg
2 AM
3 hours
+0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.05inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Oakland, pressure, altimeter from 30.04 to 30.16, the latest 30.07, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0030.0530.1030.1530.203 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Oakland, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5103 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16LIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 100 ft at 3 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
100ft
3 AM Thursday
Hours with a base reported
5
Lowest cloud base at Oakland, lowest cloud base from 100 to 20,000, the latest 20,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft05,00010,00015,00020,0003 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16MVFRVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

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

Oakland: 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 Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, 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

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/0.7 mi away/7 ft/2 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Oakland MuseumOAMC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/33 ft/24 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

I-580 - I-205CF133

Beside a road/35.5 mi away/301 ft/292 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Oakland 2.2 ESECA-AL-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/36 ft/27 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Oakland - Upper San LeanfroUSLC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/316 ft/307 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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