Excessive Heat Warning — Indian Wells Valley, CA, Mojave Desert Slopes, CA, Mojave Desert, CA, Coalinga - Avenal, CA, West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties, CA, Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma, CA, Fresno-Clovis, CA, West Side Mountains South of 198, CA, Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5, CA, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, CA, Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore, CA, Visalia - Porterville - Reedley, CA, Buena Vista, CA, Bakersfield, CA, Southeast San Joaquin Valley, CA, South End San Joaquin Valley, CA 1:00 AM

Ridgecrest, California

Last updated: 6:01 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
27°C
Feels like 24°
Mostly Clear
▲ 41°  /  ▼ 22°
Wind
7 mph SW
Humidity
30%
Dew Point
5°
Pressure
27.12 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
29%
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Sunset
7:27 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ridgecrest is currently mostly clear at 26°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 6:16AM · Sunset: 7:27PM.

Alerts

Excessive Heat Warning
Indian Wells Valley, CA, Mojave Desert Slopes, CA, Mojave Desert, CA, Coalinga - Avenal, CA, West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties, CA, Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma, CA, Fresno-Clovis, CA, West Side Mountains South of 198, CA, Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5, CA, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, CA, Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore, CA, Visalia - Porterville - Reedley, CA, Buena Vista, CA, Bakersfield, CA, Southeast San Joaquin Valley, CA, South End San Joaquin Valley, CA
Expires 1:00 AM
39 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
27°
3%
5 AM
25°
3%
6 AM
26°
3%
7 AM
26°
3%
8 AM
28°
3%
9 AM
28°
3%
10 AM
31°
3%
11 AM
33°
3%
12 PM
34°
3%
1 PM
37°
3%
2 PM
38°
3%
3 PM
38°
3%
4 PM
38°
3%
5 PM
41°
3%
6 PM
39°
3%
7 PM
37°
3%
8 PM
35°
3%
9 PM
35°
3%
10 PM
34°
3%
11 PM
33°
3%
12 AM
32°
3%
1 AM
32°
3%
2 AM
31°
3%
3 AM
29°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
41° 22°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
43° 22°
Clear.
Thu
41° 24°
Partly Cloudy.
Fri
40° 23°
Clear.
Sat
40° 22°
Clear.
Sun
38° 20°
Clear.
Mon
37° 19°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 27° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph SW 30%
5 AM 25° Mostly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 26%
6 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SW 25%
7 AM 26° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph SW 24%
8 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph SW 22%
9 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph WSW 20%
10 AM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NW 17%
11 AM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph ENE 14%
12 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph SSW 13%
1 PM 37° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SSW 13%
2 PM 38° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SSW 12%
3 PM 38° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 12%
4 PM 38° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph SW 13%
5 PM 41° Partly Cloudy 3% 9 mph SW 13%
6 PM 39° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph WSW 15%
7 PM 37° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph W 16%
8 PM 35° Mostly Clear 3% 9 mph W 19%
9 PM 35° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph W 20%
10 PM 34° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WSW 22%
11 PM 33° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph WSW 23%
12 AM 32° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph WSW 24%
1 AM 32° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WSW 25%
2 AM 31° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph WSW 26%
3 AM 29° Clear 3% 5 mph WSW 27%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/25
Partly Cloudy
3%
22°
41°
Wed
8/26
Clear
6%
22°
43°
Thu
8/27
Partly Cloudy
6%
24°
41°
Fri
8/28
Clear
7%
23°
40°
Sat
8/29
Clear
3%
22°
40°
Sun
8/30
Clear
3%
20°
38°
Mon
8/31
Clear
7%
19°
37°
Tue
9/1
Clear
33%
19°
37°
Wed
9/2
Clear
15%
20°
37°
Thu
9/3
Drizzle
45%
20°
39°
Fri
9/4
Clear
3%
20°
39°
Sat
9/5
Clear
60%
19°
34°
Sun
9/6
Clear
25%
20°
34°
Mon
9/7
Clear
3%
20°
34°
Tue
9/8
Clear
25%
20°
33°
39
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
25 AQI 4.6 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
39 AQI 42 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 39 Good 39 25
Wed 42 Good 42 24
Thu 46 Good 46 29
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Tue Aug 25, 09:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE17 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index5.3
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear11 kt
0–1 km Shear9 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-30
0–3 km SRH-6
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion272° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index26.4
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.89 in
0–3 km LR6.2 °C/km
700–500 LR7.9 °C/km
Total Totals46.9
LCL668 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl12,956 ft