Kern County, California, United States

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14°C
Feels like 13°
Mostly Cloudy
▲ 17°  /  ▼ 9°
Wind
2 mph ENE
Humidity
66%
Dew Point
9°
Pressure
28.60 inHg
Visibility
9 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
64%
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°
11%
11 PM
12°
11%
12 AM
12°
11%
1 AM
12°
3%
2 AM
11°
3%
3 AM
11°
3%
4 AM
11°
3%
5 AM
10°
3%
6 AM
10°
3%
7 AM
10°
3%
8 AM
12°
3%
9 AM
12°
3%
10 AM
13°
3%
11 AM
15°
3%
12 PM
16°
3%
1 PM
18°
3%
2 PM
18°
3%
3 PM
18°
3%
4 PM
18°
3%
5 PM
18°
3%
6 PM
17°
3%
7 PM
16°
3%
8 PM
16°
3%
9 PM
16°
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
14° 8°
Clear with a 51% chance of rain.
Mon
20° 7°
Clear.
Tue
21° 11°
Clear with a 31% chance of rain.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 14° Mostly Cloudy 11% 2 mph ENE 66%
11 PM 12° Overcast 11% 2 mph NNW 61%
12 AM 12° Overcast 11% 2 mph SE 63%
1 AM 12° Overcast 3% 2 mph ESE 65%
2 AM 11° Overcast 3% 3 mph ESE 66%
3 AM 11° Overcast 3% 3 mph ESE 68%
4 AM 11° Overcast 3% 3 mph SE 69%
5 AM 10° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 68%
6 AM 10° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 66%
7 AM 10° Overcast 3% 2 mph SE 65%
8 AM 12° Overcast 3% 2 mph S 62%
9 AM 12° Overcast 3% 3 mph SW 58%
10 AM 13° Overcast 3% 4 mph WSW 53%
11 AM 15° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph W 49%
12 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph W 46%
1 PM 18° Mostly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 43%
2 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 42%
3 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 43%
4 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph WNW 44%
5 PM 18° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph WNW 47%
6 PM 17° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 52%
7 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 3% 2 mph WNW 56%
8 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 3% 2 mph WNW 57%
9 PM 16° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 58%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/28
Mostly Cloudy
11%
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
51%
8°
14°
Mon
11/2
Clear
3%
7°
20°
Tue
11/3
Clear
31%
11°
21°
Wed
11/4
Clear
17%
9°
20°
Thu
11/5
Clear
3%
9°
19°
Fri
11/6
Rain
26%
9°
18°
Sat
11/7
Clear
3%
9°
17°
Sun
11/8
Clear
3%
9°
21°
Mon
11/9
Clear
3%
10°
21°
Tue
11/10
Clear
60%
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, 04:00'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 Index8.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear23 kt
0–1 km Shear4 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH16
0–3 km SRH72
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion283° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index5.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.65 in
0–3 km LR3.5 °C/km
700–500 LR7.3 °C/km
Total Totals41.2
LCL895 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl11,407 ft