Temperature
73 F at 8 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 56 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 56F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Medium airport in Santa Barbara County, California* WHAT...Temperatures up to 95 expected. * WHERE...Coastal areas of southwest California * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Weaker winds tonight and Saturday.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. In the event of a nearby wildfire, smoke may increase heat and physical stress. If smoke impacts your area; 1) Have a cooling plan in place as smoke could limit your ability to cool your home through open windows and 2) If you have air conditioning, set on air recirculation within the home to avoid smoke exposure. Local officials may have additional guidance.
72°
88°/58°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 3 mph ENE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Vandenberg Space Force Base until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Vandenberg Space Force Base is 72° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 3 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 87°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 69°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (70%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:41 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
48Air quality
25%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8858
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8763
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7757
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7052
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6949
53%
Wed
Oct 21
6948
70%
Thu
Oct 22
6948
21%
15mph
72°
88°58°
87°63°
77°57°
70°52°
69°49°
69°48°
69°48°
As of 9:00 PM in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
Air quality
The air at Vandenberg Space Force Base
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Lompoc (CA), 10 miles off.
48Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good19.4 mi
- Ozone48Good50 ppb8.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)29Good9.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide10Good11.2 ppb20.6 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Vandenberg Space Force Base
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Vandenberg Space Force Base, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 10 miles Sun 4 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VBG
- ICAO
- KVBG
- IATA
- VBG
- Field elevation
- 369 ft
- Serves
- Lompoc
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VBG
- Wind now
- From 330° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 15,000 ft | 200 ft | Concrete | 137° / 317° | 3 mph head, on 30 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Vandenberg AFB (VBG), Vandenberg Space Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 24% saturated; the humidity ran from 13% at 10 AM to 60% at 10 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 24%
- Humidity, range
- 13 to 60%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM, with a gust of 20 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 AM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.02 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 5 PM; 9 miles now.
- Now
- 9mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 5 PM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 25,000 ft at 3 PM; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 25,000ft
- 3 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 2
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
Vandenberg AFB: 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 Vandenberg Space Force Base, 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.7 mi away/367 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Vandenberg RAWSVDBC1
A remote fire weather station/5.7 mi away/1,027 ft/658 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
LompocLOMC1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/95 ft/274 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lompoc 4.9 SCA-SB-24
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.9 mi away/468 ft/99 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Vandenberg Space Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Vandenberg AFBcommunity, 3 mi
- Vandenberg Villagecommunity, 7 mi
- Casmaliacommunity, 8 mi
- Mission Hillscommunity, 9 mi
- Lompoccity, 9 mi
- Orcuttcommunity, 13 mi
- Guadalupecity, 16 mi
- Santa Mariacity, 17 mi
- Los Alamoscommunity, 18 mi
- Gareycommunity, 18 mi
- Sisquoccommunity, 19 mi
- Woodlandscommunity, 20 mi
Airports near Vandenberg Space Force Base
- Lompoc AirportLPC, 8 mi
- Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock FieldSMX, 13 mi
- Santa Ynez AirportIZA, 30 mi
- San Luis County Regional AirportSBP, 35 mi
- Santa Barbara Municipal AirportSBA, 47 mi
- Paso Robles Municipal AirportPRB, 65 mi
- Oxnard AirportOXR, 87 mi
- Camarillo AirportCMA, 92 mi