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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Downing Pass
Downing Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 6,338 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.
60°
72°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 60°·Moderate breeze 17 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Downing Pass until 5 AM Saturday. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 72° today.
Now. Downing Pass is 60° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 17 mph, gusting to 38 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° 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 Tuesday, near 71°, and the coolest Saturday, near 58°. Rain is possible Saturday (33%), Monday (46%), Tuesday (42%) and Wednesday (43%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 34 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 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
32%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
60feels60
17mph
Today
Oct 15
7246
23mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6047
34mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5842
33%
28mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6643
21%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7050
46%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7153
42%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7053
43%
UV 7
60°
72°46°
60°47°
58°42°
66°43°
70°50°
71°53°
70°53°
As of 10:00 PM in Downing Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Downing Pass
Index 17, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 42 miles off.
17Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for Fri Oct 16. Yesterday measured 7, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 7YesterdayOct 14
- 37TodayOct 15
- 101FriOct 16Alert
- 33SatOct 17
- 18SunOct 18
- 18MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Downing Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Downing Pass, the next 44 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
- 6,338 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.9409° N
- Longitude
- 109.3156° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Downing Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
I-10 @ San SimonAZT16
Beside a road/22.9 mi away/3,623 ft/2,715 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/36.7 mi away/4,150 ft/2,188 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chiricahua National MonumentCHIA3
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/5,300 ft/1,038 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Portal 0.5 EAZ-CH-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/4,724 ft/1,614 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 Downing Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Downing Pass
- Hands Pass4 mi
- Whitetail Pass7 mi
- Emigrant Pass10 mi
- Horseshoe Pass10 mi
- Bear Spring Pass14 mi
- Jack Wood Pass15 mi
- Apache Pass18 mi
- South Pass35 mi