SR-178 - Kern Canyon RoadCF116
Beside a road/3.9 mi away/751 ft/269 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/California/Kern River State Recreation Area
Kern River State Recreation Area, California
State Recreation Area in Kern County, California* WHAT...High temperatures up to 102 degrees expected. Overnight lows between 70 and 75 degrees expected in the Sierra Foothills where the thermal belt is strongest * WHERE...San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Nevada foothills, and Coastal West Hills. * WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Moderate to major risk of heat-related illnesses for much of the population, especially those without effective cooling or hydration.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
79°
100°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Kern River State Recreation Area until 10 PM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kern River State Recreation Area is 79° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 98° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 72° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 100°, and the coolest Monday, near 79°. The days ahead look dry. Tomorrow is hot, 100°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:32 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:51 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 39 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
60Air quality
31%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
79feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 6
10069
UV 8
Wed
Oct 7
10069
UV 8
Thu
Oct 8
10069
UV 8
Fri
Oct 9
9968
UV 8
Sat
Oct 10
9166
UV 7
Sun
Oct 11
8159
UV 7
Mon
Oct 12
7954
UV 7
79°
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99°68°
91°66°
81°59°
79°54°
As of 12:00 AM in Kern River State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
The air at Kern River State Recreation Area
Index 60, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 9 miles off.
60Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
- Ozone49Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)60Moderate-
The days ahead
Unhealthy for sensitive groups each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 129, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 129YesterdayOct 4
- 108TodayOct 6
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kern River State Recreation Area
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 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 Kern River State Recreation Area, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 0.24 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 482 ft
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.4509° N
- Longitude
- 118.9045° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Kern River State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/492 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Democrat RAWSDEMC1
A remote fire weather station/16.4 mi away/2,379 ft/1,897 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW6906CW6906
In a volunteer observer's own ground/30.4 mi away/4,005 ft/3,523 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bakersfield 6.7 ENECA-KN-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/760 ft/278 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bakersfield 5 NWBAFC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/453 ft/29 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Kern River State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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