At an airfield/0.0 mi away/384 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/California/Gillespie Field
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Gillespie Field until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gillespie Field is 81° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 5 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 92°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 72°. Rain is likely Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Tuesday (48%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:38 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.
As of 7:00 PM in Gillespie Field, California.
Air quality
Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Mesa and Inland Valley (CA), 4 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L / 27R | 5,342 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | - | - |
| 09R / 27L unlit | 2,738 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | - | - |
| 17 / 35 | 4,145 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | - | - |
The 4 instruments nearest Gillespie Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/384 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santee - MissleMSXC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/874 ft/486 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
El CajonELJC1
At a cooperative observer's station/0.9 mi away/387 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Santee 0.7 WCA-SD-165
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/426 ft/38 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.