Severe Thunderstorm Watch 9:00 PM

Bakersfield, California

Last updated: 7:11 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
39°C
Feels like 36°
Mostly Clear
▲ 41°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph NNW
Humidity
11%
Dew Point
7°
Pressure
29.44 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
5.8
Cloud Cover
24%
Sunrise
6:19 AM
Sunset
7:37 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Bakersfield is currently mostly clear at 39°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 6:19AM · Sunset: 7:37PM.

Alerts

Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Expires 9:00 PM
87 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
39°
3%
6 PM
39°
3%
7 PM
37°
3%
8 PM
34°
3%
9 PM
33°
3%
10 PM
31°
3%
11 PM
30°
3%
12 AM
29°
3%
1 AM
27°
3%
2 AM
27°
3%
3 AM
26°
3%
4 AM
24°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
21°
3%
7 AM
22°
3%
8 AM
23°
3%
9 AM
23°
3%
10 AM
25°
3%
11 AM
27°
3%
12 PM
31°
3%
1 PM
32°
3%
2 PM
33°
3%
3 PM
37°
3%
4 PM
37°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
41° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
40° 21°
Clear.
Sun
41° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Mon
43° 21°
Clear.
Tue
41° 19°
Clear.
Wed
41° 18°
Clear.
Thu
38° 18°
Partly Cloudy.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 39° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NNW 11%
6 PM 39° Partly Cloudy 3% 8 mph NNW 14%
7 PM 37° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NNW 18%
8 PM 34° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NNW 21%
9 PM 33° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 24%
10 PM 31° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 27%
11 PM 30° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph NNW 29%
12 AM 29° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 31%
1 AM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NW 34%
2 AM 27° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 36%
3 AM 26° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 39%
4 AM 24° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph NW 42%
5 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph NW 44%
6 AM 21° Mostly Clear 3% 2 mph WNW 43%
7 AM 22° Clear 3% 3 mph W 41%
8 AM 23° Clear 3% 3 mph W 38%
9 AM 23° Clear 3% 3 mph W 33%
10 AM 25° Clear 3% 3 mph WNW 29%
11 AM 27° Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 24%
12 PM 31° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 21%
1 PM 32° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 18%
2 PM 33° Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 16%
3 PM 37° Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 16%
4 PM 37° Clear 3% 6 mph NNW 16%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/21
Mostly Clear
3%
21°
41°
Sat
8/22
Clear
3%
21°
40°
Sun
8/23
Mostly Clear
3%
21°
41°
Mon
8/24
Clear
3%
21°
43°
Tue
8/25
Clear
3%
19°
41°
Wed
8/26
Clear
3%
18°
41°
Thu
8/27
Partly Cloudy
3%
18°
38°
Fri
8/28
Partly Cloudy
14%
19°
41°
Sat
8/29
Clear
3%
18°
41°
Sun
8/30
Clear
3%
17°
40°
Mon
8/31
Clear
3%
15°
34°
Tue
9/1
Clear
3%
14°
30°
Wed
9/2
Clear
3%
14°
30°
Thu
9/3
Clear
25%
15°
30°
Fri
9/4
Clear
25%
17°
31°
87
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
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
60 AQI 14.0 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
87 AQI 66 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 87 Moderate 87 60
Sun 67 Moderate 67 55
Mon 55 Moderate 50 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 Fri Aug 21, 22:00'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
SBCAPE57 J/kg
MLCAPE12 J/kg
MUCAPE130 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-3 J/kg
Lifted Index3.0
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear18 kt
0–1 km Shear1 kt
Eff. Shear6 kt
0–1 km SRH-4
0–3 km SRH44
Eff. SRH8
Storm Motion261° @ 21 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)0.0
Supercell0.0
K-Index27.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.27 in
0–3 km LR8.7 °C/km
700–500 LR7.3 °C/km
Total Totals43.8
LCL622 hPa
LFC997 hPa
EL871 hPa
Freezing Lvl15,459 ft