Sunflower GOESSUFA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/3,435 ft/111 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Rincon Pass
Rincon Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 3,324 ft* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 to 55 mph expected. * WHERE...Mazatzal Mountains and Rio Verde/Salt River. * 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.
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.
66°
81°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Fresh breeze 20 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Rincon Pass until 11 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Rincon Pass is 66° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 20 mph, gusting to 40 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Saturday, near 70°. Rain is likely Tuesday (62%) and Wednesday (65%). Rain is possible Saturday (39%) and Monday (30%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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
38Air quality
37%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
66feels66
20mph
Today
Oct 15
8147
21mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7757
19mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7054
39%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
7255
17%
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7556
30%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7358
62%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7056
65%
UV 6
66°
81°47°
77°57°
70°54°
72°55°
75°56°
73°58°
70°56°
As of 8:00 PM in Rincon Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Rincon Pass
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, McDowell (AZ), 15 miles off.
38Good
- Ozone38Good45 ppb18.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)4Good18.8 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rincon Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.57 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.57in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Rincon Pass, the next 46 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
- 3,324 ft
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.8375° N
- Longitude
- 111.4701° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Rincon Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW3307EW3307
In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.1 mi away/1,635 ft/1,689 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/29.3 mi away/1,509 ft/1,815 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tonto Basin 1.5 NEAZ-GL-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/2,398 ft/926 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bartlett DamCVCA3
At a dam/10.5 mi away/1,650 ft/1,674 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 Rincon Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Tonto Basincommunity, 10 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 14 mi
- Jakes Cornercommunity, 14 mi
- Deer Creekcommunity, 17 mi
- Ryecommunity, 19 mi
- Giselacommunity, 21 mi
- Fountain Hillstown, 22 mi
- Rooseveltcommunity, 23 mi
- Oxbow Estatescommunity, 25 mi
- Carefreetown, 26 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 26 mi
- Cave Creektown, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Rincon Pass
- Boulder Pass2 mi
- Reno Pass5 mi
- Windgate Pass23 mi
- Bell Pass23 mi
- McDowell Pass24 mi
- Usery Pass25 mi
- Parker Pass26 mi
- Bull Pass27 mi