AAMT Whittier Staging Area MP 4.3WHLA2
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/102 ft/487 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Alaska/Portage Pass
Portage Pass, Alaska
Mountain pass in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, at 589 ft44°
47°/39°
Light rain·
Feels like 39°·Light breeze 8 mph E
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 59% around 8 AM.
Now. Portage Pass is 44° and light rain at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 8 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 40° by 6 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 43°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 39°. Rain or snow is likely tomorrow (80%), Sunday (50%), Monday (90%), Tuesday (91%) and Wednesday (75%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
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 10 hours 9 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
74%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
44feels39
44%
Today
Oct 15
4739
100%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
4339
80%
Sat
Oct 17
4235
22%
Sun
Oct 18
4030
50%
Mon
Oct 19
4035
90%
Tue
Oct 20
4235
91%
16mph
Wed
Oct 21
3935
75%
12mph
44°
47°39°
43°39°
42°35°
40°30°
40°35°
42°35°
39°35°
As of 11:00 PM in Portage Pass, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 589 ft
- Area
- Anchorage Municipality
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 60.7653° N
- Longitude
- 148.7600° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Portage Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Whittier Access Road At TunnelWRTA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/161 ft/428 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Portage Glacier Center (ASOS)PATO
At an airfield/3.0 mi away/95 ft/494 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Portage Glacier Visitor CenterPORA2
At a cooperative observer's station/3.2 mi away/107 ft/482 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Girdwood 1.8 ENEAK-AB-74
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.0 mi away/303 ft/286 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Portage Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Whittiercity, 3 mi
- Alyeskaski area, 18 mi
- Girdwoodtown, 19 mi
- Sunrisecommunity, 24 mi
- Moose Passcommunity, 29 mi
- Hopecommunity, 31 mi
- Crown Pointcommunity, 32 mi
- Primrosecommunity, 34 mi
- Turnagain Armfeature, 40 mi
- Cooper Landingcommunity, 40 mi
- Bear Creekcommunity, 47 mi
- Knik Rivercommunity, 49 mi
Mountain passes near Portage Pass
- Turnagain Pass15 mi
- Crow Pass24 mi
- Moraine Pass27 mi
- Moose Pass30 mi
- Bird Creek Pass30 mi
- Snow River Pass32 mi
- Indian Creek Pass32 mi
- Powerline Pass33 mi