Citizen station DW9697DW9697
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/4,554 ft/178 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Kartchner Caverns State Park, Arizona
State Park in Cochise County, ArizonaHigh Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, east to southeast winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts 55 to 75 mph expected. For the Wind Advisory, east to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...From central Pima County eastward excluding northern Graham and Greenlee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, from 11 PM this evening to 5 AM MST Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, from 5 AM to 2 PM MST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Gusty winds will blow around and damage unsecured objects. Strong and gusty winds over desert areas could result in blowing dust, briefly lowering visibility below a mile at times. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...For the High Wind Warning the strongest winds are expected on the leeward (west and northwest) sides of the mountains. Terrain gaps and east-west oriented valleys will also be susceptible to strong winds.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
64°
79°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Moderate breeze 15 mph ESE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Kartchner Caverns State Park until 5 AM Saturday. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 79° today.
Now. Kartchner Caverns State Park is 64° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 15 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 55° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 76°, and the coolest Saturday, near 66°. Rain is likely Saturday (50%). Rain is possible Sunday (34%), Monday (40%), Tuesday (35%) and Wednesday (35%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 36 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
43%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
64feels64
15mph
Today
Oct 15
7947
23mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6756
36mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6649
50%
29mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7349
34%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7655
40%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7556
35%
12mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7455
35%
13mph
UV 7
64°
79°47°
67°56°
66°49°
73°49°
76°55°
75°56°
74°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Kartchner Caverns State Park, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Kartchner Caverns State Park
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Tucson (AZ), 43 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good-
- Ozone41Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Highest 56, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 40TodayOct 15
- 56FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 29SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kartchner Caverns State Park
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Kartchner Caverns State Park, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 0.87 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 4,732 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.8364° N
- Longitude
- 110.3579° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Kartchner Caverns State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Upper Babocomari River Near Huachuca City09471380
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/4,396 ft/336 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.4 mi away/4,767 ft/35 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Elgin 5 S53132
At a climate reference station/19.0 mi away/4,811 ft/79 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Walnut Gulch #1S2026
At a soil climate station/19.4 mi away/4,500 ft/232 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Benson 9.4 SSW (Office)AZ-CH-59
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/4,696 ft/36 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Kartchner CavernsKARA3
At a cooperative observer's station/0.2 mi away/4,690 ft/42 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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