Verde River Near Scottsdale09511300
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/1,320 ft/258 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/McDowell Pass
McDowell Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1,578 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.
75°
88°/69°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Gentle breeze 12 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for McDowell Pass until 3 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. McDowell Pass is 75° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 12 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 71° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 78°. Rain is possible Tuesday (34%), Wednesday (46%) and Thursday (45%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
25Air quality
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8869
19mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8370
22%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
8569
21%
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
8769
14%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8870
34%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
8470
46%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7867
45%
UV 6
75°
88°69°
83°70°
85°69°
87°69°
88°70°
84°70°
78°67°
As of 2:00 AM in McDowell Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at McDowell Pass
Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (AZ), 6 miles off.
25Good
- Ozone25Good28 ppb5.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good5.1 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McDowell Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.59in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at McDowell 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
- 1,578 ft
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.5634° N
- Longitude
- 111.7146° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest McDowell Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW1041FW1041
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/1,621 ft/43 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.1 mi away/1,391 ft/187 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Fountain Hills 2.5 SWAZ-MR-319
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,861 ft/283 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Fountain HillsFHLA3
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/1,558 ft/20 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 McDowell Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fountain Hillstown, 3 mi
- Scottsdalecity, 10 mi
- Mesacity, 11 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 11 mi
- Paradise Valleytown, 14 mi
- Apache Junctioncity, 14 mi
- Tempecity, 17 mi
- Gilberttown, 17 mi
- Guadalupetown, 20 mi
- Chandlercity, 20 mi
- Gold Canyoncommunity, 21 mi
- Carefreetown, 21 mi
Mountain passes near McDowell Pass
- Usery Pass7 mi
- Bell Pass9 mi
- Windgate Pass9 mi
- Parker Pass19 mi
- Bull Pass20 mi
- Upper Black Top Mesa Pass21 mi
- Terrapin Pass22 mi
- Rincon Pass24 mi