Kern County, California, United States

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14°C
Feels like 13°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 17°  /  ▼ 9°
Wind
3 mph ESE
Humidity
64%
Dew Point
8°
Pressure
28.60 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
74%
Sunrise
7:12 AM
Sunset
6:04 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Kern County is currently mostly cloudy at 14°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:12AM · Sunset: 6:04PM.

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62 AQI · Moderate Dominant: PM2.5 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
14°
3%
11 PM
12°
3%
12 AM
12°
3%
1 AM
12°
3%
2 AM
12°
3%
3 AM
11°
3%
4 AM
11°
3%
5 AM
10°
3%
6 AM
10°
3%
7 AM
10°
3%
8 AM
11°
3%
9 AM
11°
3%
10 AM
13°
3%
11 AM
14°
3%
12 PM
15°
3%
1 PM
17°
3%
2 PM
18°
3%
3 PM
18°
3%
4 PM
18°
3%
5 PM
19°
3%
6 PM
18°
3%
7 PM
17°
3%
8 PM
16°
3%
9 PM
15°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
17° 9°
Mostly Cloudy.
Thu
19° 10°
Mostly Cloudy.
Fri
18° 11°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
18° 9°
Mostly Clear with a 59% chance of rain.
Sun
18° 9°
Clear with a 38% chance of rain.
Mon
22° 9°
Clear.
Tue
23° 11°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 14° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph ESE 64%
11 PM 12° Overcast 3% 2 mph ENE 59%
12 AM 12° Overcast 3% 2 mph NE 61%
1 AM 12° Overcast 3% 2 mph ESE 63%
2 AM 12° Overcast 3% 3 mph SE 65%
3 AM 11° Overcast 3% 3 mph SE 67%
4 AM 11° Overcast 3% 3 mph SE 67%
5 AM 10° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 67%
6 AM 10° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 66%
7 AM 10° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 65%
8 AM 11° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 62%
9 AM 11° Overcast 3% 2 mph SSW 59%
10 AM 13° Overcast 3% 3 mph WSW 55%
11 AM 14° Overcast 3% 4 mph WSW 51%
12 PM 15° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph W 48%
1 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 3% 6 mph W 44%
2 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 41%
3 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 41%
4 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 42%
5 PM 19° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 43%
6 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WNW 47%
7 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 51%
8 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 55%
9 PM 15° Mostly Cloudy 3% 2 mph NW 56%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Mostly Cloudy
3%
9°
17°
Thu
10/29
Mostly Cloudy
3%
10°
19°
Fri
10/30
Partly Cloudy
16%
11°
18°
Sat
10/31
Mostly Clear
59%
9°
18°
Sun
11/1
Clear
38%
9°
18°
Mon
11/2
Clear
3%
9°
22°
Tue
11/3
Clear
17%
11°
23°
Wed
11/4
Clear
17%
9°
20°
Thu
11/5
Clear
3%
9°
18°
Fri
11/6
Clear
19%
9°
18°
Sat
11/7
Clear
3%
9°
18°
Sun
11/8
Clear
3%
9°
21°
Mon
11/9
Clear
3%
10°
21°
Tue
11/10
Clear
25%
9°
20°
Wed
11/11
Drizzle
60%
8°
18°
62
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
62 AQI 15.2 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
41 AQI 45 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 62 Moderate 41 62
Fri 64 Moderate 47 64
Sat 65 Moderate 44 65
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 Thu Oct 29, 03:00'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
MLCAPE14 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index8.5
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear24 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH14
0–3 km SRH64
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion290° @ 17 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index6.3
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.66 in
0–3 km LR3.6 °C/km
700–500 LR7.1 °C/km
Total Totals41.3
LCL886 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl11,509 ft