Airports/California/Stockton Metropolitan Airport
Now. Stockton Metropolitan Airport is 61° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 81): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Stockton Metropolitan Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 81, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Stockton (CA), 7 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11L / 29R | 10,245 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | 3 mph head, on 11L | 1 mph from the left |
| 11R / 29L unlit | 4,448 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 128° / 308° | 3 mph head, on 11R | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Stockton Metro (SCK), Stockton Metropolitan Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 8 PM Thursday; 83 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 44 F, the air 45% saturated; the humidity ran from 19% at 2 PM Thursday to 74% at 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 8 PM Thursday; at its strongest 4 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 3 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.04 inHg at 8 PM Thursday, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 6 miles at 11 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Stockton Metro: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Stockton Metropolitan Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/26 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-5 - North of Mathews RdCF095
Beside a road/2.3 mi away/36 ft/3 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Stockton - Rough and Ready IslandRRIC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.4 mi away/2 ft/31 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Manteca 4.7 NNECA-SJ-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/40 ft/7 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tracy Pumping PlantTRPC1
At a cooperative observer's station/20.0 mi away/56 ft/23 ft above 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.