Globe RAWSQGLA3
A remote fire weather station/4.5 mi away/4,203 ft/762 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Pinal Pass
Pinal Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Gila County, Arizona, at 4,965 ft* WHAT...East winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Dripping Springs, Globe/Miami, Mazatzal Mountains, Northwest Pinal County, Pinal/Superstition Mountains, Rio Verde/Salt River, San Carlos, and Superior. * WHEN...From 5 AM Friday to 11 AM MST Saturday. * 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.
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.
59°
73°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 14 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Pinal Pass until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pinal Pass is 59° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° 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, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 75°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 67°. Rain is likely Wednesday (57%) and Thursday (57%). Rain is possible Monday (34%) and Tuesday (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:49 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:05 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
42%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
59feels59
14mph
Today
Oct 16
7356
27mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6754
26%
25mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7155
27%
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7557
34%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7558
46%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7359
57%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6857
57%
UV 7
59°
73°56°
67°54°
71°55°
75°57°
75°58°
73°59°
68°57°
As of 5:00 AM in Pinal Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Pinal Pass
Index 16, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Miami (AZ), 10 miles off.
16Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)16Good-
The days ahead
Highest 52, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 15
- 52TodayOct 16
- 27SatOct 17
- 15SunOct 18
- 13MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pinal Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.33 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pinal Pass, the next 43 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
- 4,965 ft
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.2617° N
- Longitude
- 110.7757° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pinal Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
US-60 @ MP-280.3: Timber CampAZT21
Beside a road/31.2 mi away/5,781 ft/816 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.8 mi away/1,806 ft/3,159 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Globe #3GLEA3
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/3,560 ft/1,405 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Miami 1.1 WAZ-GL-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/3,462 ft/1,503 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Pinal Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- El Capitancommunity, 2 mi
- Icehouse Canyoncommunity, 7 mi
- Six Shooter Canyoncommunity, 7 mi
- East Globecommunity, 8 mi
- Pinalcommunity, 8 mi
- Globecity, 9 mi
- Cuttercommunity, 10 mi
- Central Heights-Midland Citycommunity, 11 mi
- Claypoolcommunity, 11 mi
- Miamitown, 11 mi
- Dripping Springscommunity, 11 mi
- Copper Hillcommunity, 12 mi
Mountain passes near Pinal Pass
- Pioneer Pass2 mi
- Red Hill Pass13 mi
- Gonzales Pass26 mi
- Tortilla Pass29 mi
- Windy Pass29 mi
- Terrapin Pass36 mi
- Upper Black Top Mesa Pass37 mi
- Bull Pass38 mi