Storm Station

Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, California

Medium airport in San Diego County, California
67° 82°/65°
Overcast· Feels like 67°·Light breeze 7 mph SE

Alert. An Extreme Heat Watch is in force for Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field until 9 PM Wednesday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field is 67° and overcast at 1 PM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southeast at 7 mph.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 96°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 85°. The days ahead look dry. Saturday is hot, 96°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 79% lit, and rises at 8:59 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The day is 11 hours 54 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

-UV
-Air quality
83%Humidity
81%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
67feels67
now, overcast
Today
Sep 30
8265
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8568
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 2
9373
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
9673
clear day
Sun
Oct 4
9474
clear day
Mon
Oct 5
9373
clear day
Tue
Oct 6
9273
clear day
67°
82°65°
85°68°
93°73°
96°73°
94°74°
93°73°
92°73°

As of 6:00 AM in Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, California.

Airfield

Code
NKX
ICAO
KNKX
IATA
NKX
Field elevation
477 ft
Serves
San Diego
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
NKX
Wind now
From 170° at 9 mph, read 30 Sep, 05:55

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
06H / 24H1,000 ft100 ftconcrete75° / 255°1 mph head, on 24H9 mph from the left
06L / 24R12,000 ft200 ftConcrete75° / 255°1 mph head, on 24R9 mph from the left
06R / 24L8,001 ft200 ftAsphalt and concrete75° / 255°1 mph head, on 24L9 mph from the left
H1 unlit100 ft100 ftconcrete225° / 45°5 mph head, on H17 mph from the left
H2 unlit100 ft100 ftconcrete225° / 45°5 mph head, on H27 mph from the left
H3 unlit100 ft100 ftconcrete225° / 45°5 mph head, on H37 mph from the left
06H24H06L24R06R24L5,000 ftN170° 9 mph
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale; the rose in the corner is the wind now.

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Miramar NASNKX

At an airfield/0.5 mi away/420 ft/57 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Camp Elliot RAWSMPEC1

A remote fire weather station/2.3 mi away/492 ft/15 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Fallbrook 5 NE53151

At a climate reference station/38.9 mi away/1,140 ft/663 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

San Diego 13.9NCA-SD-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/406 ft/71 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

San Diego Sea WorldSWDC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/-13 ft/490 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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