Temperature
67 F at 1 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 53 F at its coolest, 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 67F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 53F
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Brown Field Municipal Airport
Brown Field Municipal Airport, 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.
68°
92°/68°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Brown Field Municipal Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Brown Field Municipal Airport is 68° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Thursday, near 68°. Rain is likely Wednesday (65%). Rain is possible Tuesday (39%) and Thursday (49%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 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 23 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
58Air quality
44%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9268
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8773
13%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
8768
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8167
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7364
39%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7061
65%
Thu
Oct 22
6860
49%
68°
92°68°
87°73°
87°68°
81°67°
73°64°
70°61°
68°60°
As of 2:00 AM in Brown Field Municipal Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Brown Field Municipal Airport
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Border Area (CA), 2 miles off.
58Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate3 mi
- Ozone31Good35 ppb3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)52Moderate3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 68, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 68YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Brown Field Municipal 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 Brown Field Municipal Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SDM
- ICAO
- KSDM
- IATA
- SDM
- Field elevation
- 526 ft
- Serves
- San Diego
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SDM
- Wind now
- From 100° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L / 26R | 7,972 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 96° / 276° | 3 mph head, on 08L | None |
| 08R / 26L unlit | 3,185 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 96° / 276° | 3 mph head, on 08R | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from San Diego/Brown Fld (SDM), Brown Field Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 44 F, the air 43% saturated; the humidity ran from 18% at 11 AM Thursday to 72% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 44F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 43%
- Humidity, range
- 18 to 72%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east northeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 1 PM Thursday, with a gust of 16 mph at 1 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 16mph
- 1 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.92 inHg at 2 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.92inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
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
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
San Diego/Brown Fld: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Brown Field Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/525 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
San YsidroYSDC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.9 mi away/46 ft/480 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chula Vista 2.2 SCA-SD-196
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/146 ft/380 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Chula VistaCVAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.7 mi away/75 ft/451 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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- Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher FieldNKX, 23 mi
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