Mountain passes/Alaska/Gunsight Pass
Gunsight Pass, Alaska
Mountain pass in North Slope Borough, Alaska, at 1,142 ftNow. Gunsight Pass is 11° and overcast at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 5°. The dew point is 7°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 9° by 5 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 24°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 18°. Snow is likely tomorrow (54%), Saturday (56%), Tuesday (51%) and Wednesday (61%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 13°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 9 hours 16 minutes long, 8 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Gunsight Pass, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 1,142 ft
- Borough
- North Slope Borough
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 68.7375° N
- Longitude
- 151.9106° W
What is measuring near here
Every instrument close enough to be worth naming, how far away it is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Gunsight Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Anaktuvuk Passcity, 41 mi
- Wisemancommunity, 102 mi
- Nuiqsutcity, 104 mi
- Coldfootcommunity, 114 mi
- Bettlescity, 126 mi
- Evansvillecommunity, 128 mi
- Prudhoe Baycommunity, 133 mi
- Alatnacommunity, 152 mi
- Allakaketcity, 152 mi
- Arctic Villagecommunity, 165 mi
- Kobukcity, 179 mi
- Atqasukcity, 179 mi
Mountain passes near Gunsight Pass
- Anaktuvuk Pass41 mi
- Ernie Pass51 mi
- Peregrine Pass55 mi
- Naqsralugiaq Pass59 mi
- Oolah Pass67 mi
- Holmes Pass69 mi
- Angoyakvik Pass69 mi
- Kinnorutin Pass69 mi