Wickenburg AirportFCDMC-52801
At an airfield/14.5 mi away/2,380 ft/400 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Merritt Pass
Merritt Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Yavapai County, Arizona, at 2,780 ft* WHAT...East to northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 40 to 55 mph. * WHERE...Yavapai County, most of Coconino County. Strongest winds downwind or near the western side of higher terrain features. * WHEN...Until 6 PM MST /7 PM MDT/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles, such as RVs, campers, and tractor trailers. Use extra caution. Secure loose outdoor objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
72°
84°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Fresh breeze 22 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Merritt Pass until 6 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Merritt Pass is 72° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 22 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 67° by 4 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 Monday, near 79°, and the coolest Thursday, near 70°. Rain is possible Tuesday (36%), Wednesday (47%) and Thursday (45%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:57 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:12 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
37%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
72feels72
22mph
Today
Oct 16
8467
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7866
19%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7867
13%
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7966
19%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7967
36%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7566
47%
12mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7062
45%
72°
84°67°
78°66°
78°67°
79°66°
79°67°
75°66°
70°62°
As of 2:00 AM in Merritt Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Merritt Pass
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Prescott (AZ), 48 miles off.
29Good
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.
GoodModerate
- 39YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
- 43SatOct 17
- 46SunOct 18
- 47MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Merritt 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 Merritt 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
- 2,780 ft
- County
- Yavapai County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 34.1073° N
- Longitude
- 112.9907° W
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Merritt Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.6 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
measured daily2 instruments
Wickenburg 7.3 NWAZ-YV-198
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.6 mi away/2,446 ft/334 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Walnut Grove near KirklandKIRA3
At a cooperative observer's station/28.3 mi away/3,840 ft/1,060 ft above 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 Merritt Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Congresscommunity, 9 mi
- Aguilacommunity, 16 mi
- Yarnellcommunity, 16 mi
- Wickenburgtown, 17 mi
- Peeples Valleycommunity, 18 mi
- Morristowncommunity, 28 mi
- Circle Citycommunity, 31 mi
- Wilhoitcommunity, 31 mi
- Bagdadcommunity, 34 mi
- Alamo Lakecommunity, 35 mi
- Wittmanncommunity, 35 mi
- Wendencommunity, 37 mi
Mountain passes near Merritt Pass
- O'Neill Pass8 mi
- Rudy Pass11 mi
- Aso Pass14 mi
- Bullard Pass14 mi
- Sunset Pass27 mi
- Jakies Pass34 mi
- Cunningham Pass34 mi
- Mesa Pass35 mi