WilcoxP33
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/4,186 ft/216 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Railroad Pass
Railroad Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 4,402 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, until 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°
69°/54°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 59°·Fresh breeze 20 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Railroad Pass until 5 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Railroad Pass is 59° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east at 20 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 67° 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. Air quality is hazardous (index 446): everyone should stay indoors and keep activity low.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 78°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. Rain is possible tomorrow (30%), Sunday (36%), Monday (48%), Tuesday (37%), Wednesday (46%) and Thursday (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:45 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:04 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
446Air quality
39%Humidity
23%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
59feels59
20mph
Today
Oct 16
6954
30mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6649
30%
24mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7150
36%
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7654
48%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7856
37%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7658
46%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7356
46%
UV 7
59°
69°54°
66°49°
71°50°
76°54°
78°56°
76°58°
73°56°
As of 4:00 AM in Railroad Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Railroad Pass
Index 446, hazardous, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 65 miles off.
446Hazardous
- Coarse particles (PM10)446Hazardous-
The days ahead
Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- 101TodayOct 16Alert
- 33SatOct 17
- 18SunOct 18
- 18MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Railroad Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 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 Railroad Pass, the next 44 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
- 4,402 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 32.3440° N
- Longitude
- 109.7437° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Railroad Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
BonitaAZMET-AZ09
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/4,416 ft/14 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW4360EW4360
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.8 mi away/4,293 ft/109 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-10 @ BowieAZT15
Beside a road/15.2 mi away/3,774 ft/628 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Willcox 5.3 NEAZ-CH-4
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/4,310 ft/92 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WillcoxWILA3
At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/4,170 ft/232 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 Railroad Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Railroad Pass
- Stockton Pass18 mi
- Apache Pass20 mi
- Nugents Pass24 mi
- Bear Spring Pass24 mi
- Powerline Pass28 mi
- Dragoon Pass28 mi
- Emigrant Pass30 mi
- Taylor Pass31 mi