Thompson PeakFCDMC-2501
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/3,485 ft/286 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Bell Pass
Bell Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 3,199 ft* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...A portion of south central Arizona including the Phoenix metro area. * WHEN...From 8 AM to 3 PM MST Friday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Localized channels of blowing dust may briefly lower visibility under one mile and lots of lofted dust may create poor air quality across the area.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.
68°
84°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Bell Pass until 3 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Bell Pass is 68° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 14 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 74°. Rain is possible Tuesday (41%) and Wednesday (40%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
68feels68
14mph
Today
Oct 15
8452
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8064
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7462
23%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7761
12%
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7961
15%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7862
41%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7460
40%
12mph
UV 6
68°
84°52°
80°64°
74°62°
77°61°
79°61°
78°62°
74°60°
As of 9:00 PM in Bell Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Bell Pass
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, McDowell (AZ), 8 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-16.3 mi
- Ozone36Good34 ppb4.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good7.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb19.5 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb19.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm17.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bell Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.26 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
- 0.26in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Bell Pass, 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
Mountain pass
- Height
- 3,199 ft
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.6556° N
- Longitude
- 111.8136° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Bell Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW3307EW3307
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,635 ft/1,564 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/6.0 mi away/1,509 ft/1,690 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Scottsdale 9.7 NNEAZ-MR-422
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/1,704 ft/1,495 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pinnacle PeakPPKA3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/2,566 ft/633 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Pinnacle Peak (PPKA3), 5.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:39. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bell Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fountain Hillstown, 6 mi
- Scottsdalecity, 6 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 9 mi
- Paradise Valleytown, 11 mi
- Carefreetown, 13 mi
- Cave Creektown, 15 mi
- Mesacity, 17 mi
- Tempecity, 19 mi
- New Rivercommunity, 20 mi
- Phoenixcity, 21 mi
- Guadalupetown, 22 mi
- Anthemcommunity, 22 mi
Mountain passes near Bell Pass
- Windgate Passunder 1 mi
- McDowell Pass9 mi
- Usery Pass16 mi
- Rincon Pass23 mi
- Boulder Pass24 mi
- Eagle Pass25 mi
- Parker Pass27 mi
- Telegraph Pass27 mi