Airports/California/Vandenberg Space Force Base

Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

Medium airport in Santa Barbara County, California

56° 71°/54°

Fog· Feels like 56°·Light air 4 mph SE

Now. Vandenberg Space Force Base is 56° and fog at 6:15 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 4 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:47 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 79% lit, and rises at 9:08 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 51 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

-Air quality

98%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

6:15 AM

56feels56

Today

Sep 30

7154

UV 6

Thu

Oct 1

6756

UV 6

Fri

Oct 2

7560

UV 6

Sat

Oct 3

7362

UV 6

Sun

Oct 4

7464

UV 6

Mon

Oct 5

7565

UV 6

Tue

Oct 6

8264

UV 6

56°

71°54°

67°56°

75°60°

73°62°

74°64°

75°65°

82°64°

As of 6:15 AM in Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.

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 140° at 3 mph, read 30 Sep, 05:55

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 12	None

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 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

Vandenberg AFBVBG

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