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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Jack Wood Pass
Jack Wood Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 5,496 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.
55°
63°/44°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 55°·Fresh breeze 23 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Jack Wood 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. Jack Wood Pass is 55° and partly cloudy at 2 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east at 23 mph, gusting to 45 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 61° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 5 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, very 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 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is likely Monday (52%). Rain is possible Sunday (33%), Tuesday (45%), Wednesday (48%) and Thursday (39%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:43 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
49%Humidity
59%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
55feels55
23mph
Today
Oct 16
6344
32mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6240
29%
23mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6941
33%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7346
52%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7548
45%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7451
48%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7250
39%
UV 7
55°
63°44°
62°40°
69°41°
73°46°
75°48°
74°51°
72°50°
As of 2:00 AM in Jack Wood Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Jack Wood Pass
Index 142, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 37 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 Jack Wood 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 Jack Wood 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
- 5,496 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.7501° N
- Longitude
- 109.1798° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Jack Wood Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/31.6 mi away/4,150 ft/1,346 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-10 @ San SimonAZT16
Beside a road/35.6 mi away/3,623 ft/1,873 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Portal 8.2 SSEAZ-CH-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/4,270 ft/1,226 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ParadisePDSA3
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/5,460 ft/36 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 Paradise (PDSA3), 13.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:50. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Jack Wood Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Jack Wood Pass
- Horseshoe Pass6 mi
- Downing Pass15 mi
- Hands Pass18 mi
- Whitetail Pass22 mi
- Emigrant Pass25 mi
- Bear Spring Pass29 mi
- Apache Pass33 mi
- South Pass42 mi