Cochora Ranch ScanCXXC1
On a farm or research station/18.9 mi away/2,697 ft/2,404 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks/California/Tule Elk Reserve State Park
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Tule Elk Reserve State Park until 10 PM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Tule Elk Reserve State Park 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 4 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 101°, and the coolest Monday, near 79°. The days ahead look dry. Tomorrow is hot, 101°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 3:53 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.
As of 12:00 AM in Tule Elk Reserve State Park, California.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 20 miles off.
Unhealthy for sensitive groups each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 129, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Tule Elk Reserve State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Cochora Ranch ScanCXXC1
On a farm or research station/18.9 mi away/2,697 ft/2,404 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cochora RanchS2189
At a soil climate station/18.9 mi away/2,697 ft/2,404 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/18.9 mi away/492 ft/199 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-5 - South of SR-46CF074
Beside a road/25.4 mi away/246 ft/47 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bakersfield 6.1 WSWCA-KN-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.6 mi away/370 ft/77 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Shafter 6EAFTC1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/417 ft/124 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.