Globe RAWSQGLA3
A remote fire weather station/4.4 mi away/4,203 ft/1,971 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Pioneer Pass
Pioneer Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Gila County, Arizona, at 6,174 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.
56°
67°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 16 mph ESE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Pioneer Pass until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pioneer Pass is 56° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 16 mph, gusting to 28 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 66° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° 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 Tuesday, near 70°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 61°. Rain is likely Wednesday (57%) and Thursday (58%). Rain is possible Monday (35%) 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
40%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
56feels56
16mph
Today
Oct 16
6751
27mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6149
28%
25mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6650
28%
16mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6952
35%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7054
46%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
6855
57%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6352
58%
UV 7
56°
67°51°
61°49°
66°50°
69°52°
70°54°
68°55°
63°52°
As of 2:00 AM in Pioneer Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Pioneer Pass
Index 16, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Miami (AZ), 9 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 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pioneer Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.33 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
- 0.33in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Pioneer 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
- 6,174 ft
- County
- Gila County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.2701° N
- Longitude
- 110.8018° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pioneer Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
US-60 @ MP-280.3: Timber CampAZT21
Beside a road/31.2 mi away/5,781 ft/393 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.9 mi away/1,806 ft/4,368 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Globe #3GLEA3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/3,560 ft/2,614 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Miami 1.1 WAZ-GL-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/3,462 ft/2,712 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Pioneer Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- El Capitancommunity, 3 mi
- Icehouse Canyoncommunity, 6 mi
- Six Shooter Canyoncommunity, 7 mi
- Pinalcommunity, 8 mi
- East Globecommunity, 8 mi
- Globecity, 9 mi
- Miamitown, 10 mi
- Claypoolcommunity, 10 mi
- Central Heights-Midland Citycommunity, 10 mi
- Cuttercommunity, 10 mi
- Copper Hillcommunity, 12 mi
- Dripping Springscommunity, 12 mi
Mountain passes near Pioneer Pass
- Pinal Pass2 mi
- Red Hill Pass13 mi
- Gonzales Pass25 mi
- Tortilla Pass27 mi
- Windy Pass28 mi
- Terrapin Pass35 mi
- Upper Black Top Mesa Pass36 mi
- Bull Pass36 mi