Cochora Ranch ScanCXXC1
On a farm or research station/7.6 mi away/2,697 ft/1,690 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/California/Taft State Park
Taft State Park, California
State Park in Kern County, California* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 592 Central Sierra.Fire weather zone 593 North Kings River.Fire weather zone 594 Sequoia Kings.Fire weather zone 595 Lake Isabella. * WIND...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED. A 70 TO 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. A 40 TO 60 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15-25 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NO THUNDERSTORM THREAT. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4,000 UP TO THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
63°
90°/60°
Clear·
Feels like 63°·Light breeze 5 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Taft State Park until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Taft State Park is 63° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 87° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 66° by 8 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 84): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is possible Tuesday (45%) and Wednesday (45%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
84Air quality
34%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
63feels63
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9060
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8965
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8863
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8360
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7152
45%
Wed
Oct 21
6851
45%
Thu
Oct 22
6949
25%
63°
90°60°
89°65°
88°63°
83°60°
71°52°
68°51°
69°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Taft State Park, California.
Air quality
The air at Taft State Park
Index 84, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 30 miles off.
84Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
- Ozone50Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)84Moderate-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 71YesterdayOct 15
- 93TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Taft State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Taft State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 290,000 sq ft
- Height at its point
- 1,007 ft
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.1444° N
- Longitude
- 119.4661° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Taft State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Cochora RanchS2189
At a soil climate station/7.6 mi away/2,697 ft/1,690 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/30.7 mi away/492 ft/515 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-5 - South of SR-46CF074
Beside a road/31.9 mi away/246 ft/761 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a fire lookout or ranger station/18.4 mi away/2,162 ft/1,155 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bakersfield 6.1 WSWCA-KN-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.0 mi away/370 ft/637 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Big Bear Mountainski areaBishopcityBridgeporttownChina Peakski areaDodge Ridgeski areaDonner PassfeatureFresnocityHeavenlysurveyed ski areaHomewoodski areaJune Mountainski areaKirkwoodsurveyed ski areaLos AngelescityMammoth LakestownMammoth Mountainsurveyed ski areaMount ShastafeatureMount Shasta CitycityMount Shasta Ski Parkski areaMount WhitneyfeatureMountain Highski areaNorthstarsurveyed ski areaPalisades Tahoesurveyed ski areaReddingcitySacramentocitySan DiegocitySan FranciscocitySierra NevadafeatureSierra-at-Tahoeski areaSnow Valleyski areaSouth Lake TahoecitySugar Bowlski areaSusanvillecityTruckeetownYosemitefeature
Near Taft State Park
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Taftcity, 1 mi
- Taft Heightscommunity, 1 mi
- South Taftcommunity, 1 mi
- Ford Citycommunity, 1 mi
- Fellowscommunity, 5 mi
- Valley Acrescommunity, 6 mi
- Maricopacity, 7 mi
- Dustin Acrescommunity, 7 mi
- Derby Acrescommunity, 10 mi
- Tupmancommunity, 12 mi
- McKittrickcommunity, 14 mi
- Cuyamacommunity, 17 mi
Parks near Taft State Park
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park13 mi
- Fort Tejon State Historic Park37 mi
- Kern River State Recreation Area38 mi
- Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park48 mi
- Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park51 mi
- César E. Chávez National Monument51 mi
- El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park52 mi
- Goleta Beach State Park54 mi