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A remote fire weather station/7.9 mi away/7,044 ft/1,273 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Melendrez Pass
Melendrez Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Pima County, Arizona, at 5,771 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°
63°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Strong breeze 26 mph ESE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Melendrez Pass until 5 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Melendrez Pass is 59° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the east-southeast at 26 mph, gusting to 42 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° 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.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 62°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%). Rain is possible Sunday (43%), Monday (41%), Tuesday (36%), Wednesday (37%) and Thursday (31%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 30 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:10 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
59feels59
26mph
Today
Oct 16
6352
38mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6247
52%
30mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6847
43%
14mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7052
41%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6952
36%
12mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
6852
37%
13mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6450
31%
UV 7
59°
63°52°
62°47°
68°47°
70°52°
69°52°
68°52°
64°50°
As of 12:00 AM in Melendrez Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Melendrez Pass
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Nogales (AZ), 27 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-
The days ahead
Highest 51, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 14
- 51TodayOct 16
- 32SatOct 17
- 35SunOct 18
- 39MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Melendrez Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Melendrez Pass, the next 42 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
- 5,771 ft
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.7656° N
- Longitude
- 110.7968° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Melendrez Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW4510FW4510
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.9 mi away/3,870 ft/1,901 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Elgin 5 S53132
At a climate reference station/21.3 mi away/4,811 ft/960 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/24.0 mi away/3,957 ft/1,814 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Sonoita 1.4 NNEAZ-SC-30
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/4,891 ft/880 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SonoitaSONA3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/4,895 ft/876 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Melendrez Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sonoitacommunity, 12 mi
- Elephant Headcommunity, 12 mi
- Corona de Tucsoncommunity, 13 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 14 mi
- Patagoniatown, 16 mi
- Elgincommunity, 16 mi
- Arivaca Junctioncommunity, 16 mi
- Amadocommunity, 16 mi
- Sahuaritatown, 17 mi
- Tubaccommunity, 18 mi
- Tumacacori-Carmencommunity, 20 mi
- Vailcommunity, 21 mi
Mountain passes near Melendrez Pass
- Gunsight Pass6 mi
- Lopez Pass7 mi
- Lobo Pass21 mi
- Canelo Pass23 mi
- Red Spring Pass24 mi
- Apache Pass29 mi
- Robles Pass32 mi
- Gates Pass36 mi