Temperature
69 F at 8 PM; 83 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 39 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 69F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 83F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 39F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/General William J Fox Airfield
General William J Fox Airfield, California
Medium airport in Los Angeles County, California68°
86°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Gentle breeze 12 mph ENE
Now. General William J Fox Airfield is 68° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° by 7 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 82°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 65°. Rain is possible Tuesday (46%) and Wednesday (48%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 36 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:37 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
24%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
68feels68
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8647
31mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8257
36mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8157
27mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8151
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8252
21mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7050
46%
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
6545
48%
13mph
68°
86°47°
82°57°
81°57°
81°51°
82°52°
70°50°
65°45°
As of 9:00 PM in General William J Fox Airfield, California.
Air quality
The air at General William J Fox Airfield
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Antelope Vly (CA), 7 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
- Ozone37Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 53FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at General William J Fox Airfield
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 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 General William J Fox Airfield, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WJF
- ICAO
- KWJF
- IATA
- WJF
- Field elevation
- 2,351 ft
- Serves
- Lancaster
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- WJF
- Wind now
- From 100° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 7,201 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 72° / 252° | 7 mph head, on 06 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Lancaster/Fox Field (WJF), General William J Fox Airfield's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 24% saturated; the humidity ran from 13% at 2 PM to 48% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 24%
- Humidity, range
- 13 to 48%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the east at 8 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 12 PM, with a gust of 43 mph at 12 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 12 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.15 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.15inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
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
Lancaster/Fox Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest General William J Fox Airfield, 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/2,346 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
California Poppy Park ReservePPPC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/2,753 ft/402 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/28.7 mi away/4,071 ft/1,720 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lancaster 1.5 WSWCA-LA-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/2,360 ft/9 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/11.9 mi away/3,015 ft/664 ft above 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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Near General William J Fox Airfield
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lancastercity, 6 mi
- Quartz Hillcommunity, 6 mi
- Rosamondcommunity, 9 mi
- Leona Valleycommunity, 10 mi
- Desert View Highlandscommunity, 11 mi
- Elizabeth Lakecommunity, 11 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 14 mi
- Palmdalecity, 14 mi
- Lake Hughescommunity, 14 mi
- Actoncommunity, 17 mi
- Agua Dulcecommunity, 18 mi
- Sun Villagecommunity, 20 mi
Airports near General William J Fox Airfield
- Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 AirportPMD, 11 mi
- Mojave Air & Space PortMHV, 22 mi
- Edwards Air Force BaseEDW, 22 mi
- Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport9L2, 27 mi
- Tehachapi Municipal AirportTSP, 30 mi
- California City Municipal AirportL71, 31 mi
- Whiteman AirportWHP, 35 mi
- Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBUR, 38 mi