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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Lopez Pass
Lopez Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Pima County, Arizona, at 5,350 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°
76°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 18 mph ESE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Lopez Pass until 5 AM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 76° today.
Now. Lopez Pass is 59° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 18 mph, gusting to 34 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 Monday, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 64°. Rain is likely Saturday (52%). Rain is possible Sunday (41%), Monday (40%), Tuesday (36%) and Wednesday (36%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 36 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
41Air quality
36%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
59feels59
18mph
Today
Oct 15
7643
18mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6653
36mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6447
52%
27mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7047
41%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7352
40%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7253
36%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7152
36%
12mph
UV 7
59°
76°43°
66°53°
64°47°
70°47°
73°52°
72°53°
71°52°
As of 10:00 PM in Lopez Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Lopez Pass
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Tucson (AZ), 29 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good13.9 mi
- Ozone41Good33 ppb13 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good13.9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb24.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 56, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 40TodayOct 15
- 56FriOct 16
- 31SatOct 17
- 29SunOct 18
- 35MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lopez Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.03 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
- 0.03in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Lopez 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
- 5,350 ft
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.8554° N
- Longitude
- 110.7595° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lopez Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW7619EW7619
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.3 mi away/2,854 ft/2,496 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/21.1 mi away/2,556 ft/2,794 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Elgin 5 S53132
At a climate reference station/23.8 mi away/4,811 ft/539 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Vail 8.6 SSEAZ-PM-204
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.9 mi away/4,276 ft/1,074 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SonoitaSONA3
At a cooperative observer's station/13.5 mi away/4,895 ft/455 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Lopez Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Corona de Tucsoncommunity, 7 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 14 mi
- Vailcommunity, 14 mi
- Sahuaritatown, 15 mi
- Sonoitacommunity, 15 mi
- Elephant Headcommunity, 16 mi
- Rincon Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- Elgincommunity, 18 mi
- Summitcommunity, 18 mi
- J-Six Ranchettescommunity, 19 mi
- Arivaca Junctioncommunity, 20 mi
- Mescalcommunity, 21 mi
Mountain passes near Lopez Pass
- Gunsight Passunder 1 mi
- Melendrez Pass7 mi
- Lobo Pass18 mi
- Canelo Pass27 mi
- Robles Pass28 mi
- Red Spring Pass29 mi
- Gates Pass32 mi
- Apache Pass35 mi