Citizen station EW3241EW3241
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/623 ft/74 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/California/Poway
Poway, California
City in San Diego County, California* WHAT...For eastern portions of the valleys, northeast to east winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 45 to 55 mph expected, locally higher up to 70 mph near mountain foothills. For the western valleys, more localized wind gusts 35 to 45 mph. Strongest and most widespread winds will be on Friday. * WHERE...San Diego County Valleys. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will become easterly on Saturday.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
71°
92°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 6 mph NNE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Poway until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Poway is 71° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 6 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 (68%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
36%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9257
13mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9265
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8868
16mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8962
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8362
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7459
49%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7256
68%
71°
92°57°
92°65°
88°68°
89°62°
83°62°
74°59°
72°56°
As of 10:00 PM in Poway, California.
Air quality
The air at Poway
Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Mesa and Inland Valley (CA), 8 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good9.9 mi
- Ozone18Good41 ppb9.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)21Good9.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 42FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Poway
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 Poway, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Poway, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Poway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,830of 4,465
Santee - MissleMSXC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.5 mi away/874 ft/325 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/1,394 ft/845 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/33.0 mi away/1,140 ft/591 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Poway 2.7 WCA-SD-258
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/657 ft/108 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Poway ValleyPOWC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/673 ft/124 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Ramona Airport, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Poway, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
66.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,900 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Ramona Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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