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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Hands Pass
Hands Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 6,732 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°
71°/46°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 16 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Hands 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 59° after 71° today.
Now. Hands Pass is 59° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 16 mph, gusting to 34 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° 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 70°, and the coolest Saturday, near 57°. Rain is possible Saturday (34%), Monday (47%), Tuesday (43%) 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 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
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
59feels59
16mph
Today
Oct 15
7146
23mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5947
34mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5742
34%
28mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6543
21%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6950
47%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7053
43%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
6953
43%
UV 7
59°
71°46°
59°47°
57°42°
65°43°
69°50°
70°53°
69°53°
As of 9:00 PM in Hands Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Hands Pass
Index 17, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 46 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 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hands 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 Hands 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
- 6,732 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.9909° N
- Longitude
- 109.2953° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Hands Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
I-10 @ San SimonAZT16
Beside a road/19.2 mi away/3,623 ft/3,109 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WilcoxP33
At an airfield/39.2 mi away/4,186 ft/2,546 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chiricahua National MonumentCHIA3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/5,300 ft/1,432 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Portal 0.5 EAZ-CH-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.9 mi away/4,724 ft/2,008 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 Hands Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Hands Pass
- Downing Pass4 mi
- Whitetail Pass4 mi
- Emigrant Pass7 mi
- Bear Spring Pass12 mi
- Horseshoe Pass12 mi
- Apache Pass16 mi
- Jack Wood Pass18 mi
- Railroad Pass36 mi