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

Mojave Desert Slopes, CA

Last updated: 6:02 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 28°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 33°  /  ▼ 24°
Wind
2 mph NE
Humidity
92%
Dew Point
23°
Pressure
29.98 inHg
Visibility
6 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
33%
Sunrise
6:37 AM
Sunset
7:35 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Mojave Desert Slopes is currently partly cloudy at 24°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Atmospheric instability is elevated (CAPE up to 2533 J/kg) — isolated convective development possible. Sunrise: 6:37AM · Sunset: 7:35PM.

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
53 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
29%
6 AM
22°
34%
7 AM
24°
37%
8 AM
26°
35%
9 AM
27°
35%
10 AM
29°
35%
11 AM
30°
35%
12 PM
31°
30%
1 PM
32°
30%
2 PM
32°
31%
3 PM
33°
32%
4 PM
33°
16%
5 PM
33°
17%
6 PM
32°
12%
7 PM
31°
12%
8 PM
29°
12%
9 PM
28°
9%
10 PM
27°
9%
11 PM
27°
9%
12 AM
27°
5%
1 AM
27°
5%
2 AM
27°
5%
3 AM
27°
5%
4 AM
27°
5%
7-Day Forecast
Today
33° 24°
Partly Cloudy with a 35% chance of rain.
Wed
36° 24°
Mostly Clear with a 40% chance of rain.
Thu
34° 24°
Mostly Cloudy with a 86% chance of rain.
Fri
31° 23°
Partly Cloudy with a 67% chance of rain.
Sat
33° 23°
Drizzle, 52% chance.
Sun
33° 23°
Rain, 63% chance.
Mon
33° 23°
Drizzle, 53% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Partly Cloudy 29% 2 mph NE 92%
6 AM 22° Mostly Clear 34% 2 mph ENE 90%
7 AM 24° Mostly Clear 37% 2 mph NE 87%
8 AM 26° Mostly Clear 35% 2 mph NNW 82%
9 AM 27° Mostly Clear 35% 3 mph NW 78%
10 AM 29° Partly Cloudy 35% 5 mph NW 75%
11 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 35% 6 mph NNW 70%
12 PM 31° Mostly Cloudy 30% 7 mph NNW 64%
1 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 30% 7 mph NNW 60%
2 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 31% 7 mph NNW 57%
3 PM 33° Mostly Clear 32% 7 mph NNW 54%
4 PM 33° Mostly Clear 16% 6 mph NNW 56%
5 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 17% 4 mph NNW 59%
6 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 12% 2 mph ENE 63%
7 PM 31° Mostly Clear 12% 2 mph SSW 68%
8 PM 29° Clear 12% 4 mph SSW 73%
9 PM 28° Clear 9% 4 mph SSW 78%
10 PM 27° Clear 9% 4 mph SSW 81%
11 PM 27° Clear 9% 4 mph SSW 83%
12 AM 27° Clear 5% 4 mph SSW 84%
1 AM 27° Clear 5% 4 mph SW 85%
2 AM 27° Clear 5% 4 mph SW 86%
3 AM 27° Clear 5% 4 mph SW 86%
4 AM 27° Clear 5% 4 mph SW 87%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/25
Partly Cloudy
35%
24°
33°
Wed
8/26
Mostly Clear
40%
24°
36°
Thu
8/27
Mostly Cloudy
86%
24°
34°
Fri
8/28
Partly Cloudy
67%
23°
31°
Sat
8/29
Drizzle
52%
23°
33°
Sun
8/30
Rain
63%
23°
33°
Mon
8/31
Drizzle
53%
23°
33°
Tue
9/1
Drizzle
46%
23°
34°
Wed
9/2
Rain
66%
24°
35°
Thu
9/3
Rain
64%
24°
34°
Fri
9/4
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Sat
9/5
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Sun
9/6
Drizzle
60%
23°
34°
Mon
9/7
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
Tue
9/8
Drizzle
60%
23°
33°
53
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: PM2.5
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
Dominant
53 AQI 10.1 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
35 AQI 39 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 53 Moderate 35 53
Wed 52 Moderate 40 52
Thu 55 Moderate 40 55
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 LCLLFCEL0°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 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE511 J/kg
MLCAPE212 J/kg
MUCAPE518 J/kg
SBCIN-212 J/kg
MLCIN-181 J/kg
Lifted Index-2.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear20 kt
0–1 km Shear11 kt
Eff. Shear20 kt
0–1 km SRH4
0–3 km SRH88
Eff. SRH88
Storm Motion55° @ 19 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.5
K-Index37.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT2.20 in
0–3 km LR4.7 °C/km
700–500 LR5.5 °C/km
Total Totals47.3
LCL1000 hPa
LFC762 hPa
EL207 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,318 ft