BowieAZMET-AZ33
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/3,812 ft/1,297 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Apache Pass
Apache Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 5,109 ftHigh 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.
59°
66°/51°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 59°·Strong breeze 26 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Apache Pass until 5 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Apache Pass is 59° and mostly clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the east at 26 mph, gusting to 46 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups (index 142): children, older adults and people with heart or lung conditions should cut back on long or hard exertion outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 77°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 64°. Rain is likely Monday (53%). Rain is possible tomorrow (32%), Sunday (35%), Tuesday (43%), Wednesday (46%) and Thursday (42%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:03 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
142Air quality
42%Humidity
33%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
59feels59
26mph
Today
Oct 16
6651
33mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6447
32%
26mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7148
35%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7554
53%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7756
43%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7658
46%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7357
42%
UV 7
59°
66°51°
64°47°
71°48°
75°54°
77°56°
76°58°
73°57°
As of 2:00 AM in Apache Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Apache Pass
Index 142, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 53 miles off.
142Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Coarse particles (PM10)142Unhealthy for sensitive groups-
The days ahead
Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- 101TodayOct 16Alert
- 33SatOct 17
- 18SunOct 18
- 18MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Apache Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Apache Pass, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 5,109 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 32.1517° N
- Longitude
- 109.4817° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Apache Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-10 @ BowieAZT15
Beside a road/11.4 mi away/3,774 ft/1,335 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WilcoxP33
At an airfield/25.0 mi away/4,186 ft/923 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW4360EW4360
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.5 mi away/4,293 ft/816 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chiricahua National MonumentCHIA3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/5,300 ft/191 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Willcox 12.6 SEAZ-CH-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.5 mi away/4,371 ft/738 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 Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Apache Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Apache Pass
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- Whitetail Pass12 mi
- Hands Pass16 mi
- Downing Pass18 mi
- Railroad Pass20 mi
- Horseshoe Pass28 mi
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