Citizen station FW4510FW4510
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 mi away/3,870 ft/713 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Apache Pass
Apache Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, at 4,583 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.
63°
71°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 63°·Fresh breeze 23 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Apache Pass until 5 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Apache Pass is 63° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east at 23 mph, gusting to 41 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 70° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 75°, and the coolest Thursday, near 69°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%), Sunday (39%), Monday (40%), Tuesday (37%) and Wednesday (37%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
28%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
63feels63
23mph
Today
Oct 16
7157
32mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
7051
49%
25mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7550
39%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7554
40%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7555
37%
12mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7354
37%
13mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6952
29%
UV 7
63°
71°57°
70°51°
75°50°
75°54°
75°55°
73°54°
69°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Apache Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Apache Pass
Index 25, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Nogales (AZ), 17 miles off.
25Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)25Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good-
The days ahead
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 31, good.
GoodModerate
- 31YesterdayOct 15
- 51TodayOct 16
- 32SatOct 17
- 35SunOct 18
- 39MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Apache Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 4,583 ft
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.5076° N
- Longitude
- 111.1951° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Apache Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sasabe RAWSQSBA3
A remote fire weather station/19.6 mi away/3,304 ft/1,279 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/21.4 mi away/3,957 ft/626 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tubac 2.9 SWAZ-SC-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/3,691 ft/892 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ArivacaARIA3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/3,649 ft/934 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
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.
- Arivacacommunity, 8 mi
- Tumacacori-Carmencommunity, 10 mi
- Tubaccommunity, 11 mi
- Rio Ricocommunity, 13 mi
- Amadocommunity, 14 mi
- Arivaca Junctioncommunity, 17 mi
- Nogalescity, 18 mi
- Elephant Headcommunity, 20 mi
- Beyervillecommunity, 20 mi
- Kino Springscommunity, 25 mi
- Patagoniatown, 26 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 27 mi
Mountain passes near Apache Pass
- Red Spring Pass7 mi
- Presumido Pass24 mi
- Coyote Pass28 mi
- Deadman Pass28 mi
- Chutum Vaya Pass28 mi
- North Pass28 mi
- Melendrez Pass29 mi
- Gunsight Pass35 mi