At an airfield/0.0 mi away/6,263 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/California/Lake Tahoe Airport
Lake Tahoe Airport, California
Medium airport in El Dorado County, California* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
59°
68°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Lake Tahoe Airport until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Tahoe Airport is 59° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 9 mph, gusting to 19 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 70°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 48°. Rain is likely Tuesday (60%) and Wednesday (53%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:29 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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
30%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
59feels59
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6832
14mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6833
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7036
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6736
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6033
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5029
60%
Wed
Oct 21
4826
53%
59°
68°32°
68°33°
70°36°
67°36°
60°33°
50°29°
48°26°
As of 6:00 PM in Lake Tahoe Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Lake Tahoe Airport
Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 2 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-20.7 mi
- Ozone-40 ppb20.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good4.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Tahoe Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 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 Lake Tahoe Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TVL
- ICAO
- KTVL
- IATA
- TVL
- Field elevation
- 6,264 ft
- Serves
- South Lake Tahoe
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- TVL
- Wind now
- From 20° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 8,541 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 193° / 13° | 10 mph head, on 36 | 1 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Lake Tahoe Airport, 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 now3 instruments
Meyers - Baron RAWSRWBC1
A remote fire weather station/3.2 mi away/6,351 ft/87 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/5.9 mi away/7,382 ft/1,118 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
South Lake Tahoe 0.8 SSWCA-ED-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/6,270 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/6,315 ft/51 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 13.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Lake Tahoe Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- South Lake Tahoecity, 3 mi
- Meyerscommunity, 4 mi
- Heavenlysurveyed ski area, 4 mi
- Sierra-at-Tahoeski area, 7 mi
- Mesa Vistacommunity, 12 mi
- Alpine Villagecommunity, 13 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 14 mi
- Kirkwoodcommunity, 15 mi
- Kirkwoodsurveyed ski area, 15 mi
- Homewoodski area, 16 mi
- Markleevillecommunity, 18 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 20 mi
Airports near Lake Tahoe Airport
- Truckee Tahoe AirportTRK, 30 mi
- Placerville AirportPVF, 42 mi
- Blue Canyon Nyack AirportBLU, 47 mi
- Westover Field Amador County AirportJAQ, 56 mi
- Auburn Municipal AirportAUN, 59 mi
- Nevada County AirportGOO, 59 mi
- Calaveras Co Maury Rasmussen FieldCPU, 63 mi
- Columbia AirportO22, 64 mi