Walnut Gulch #1 ScanWGHA3
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.3 mi away/4,500 ft/733 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/South Pass
South Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 5,233 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, from 11 PM this evening to 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.
62°
76°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Fresh breeze 20 mph ESE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for South Pass until 5 AM Saturday. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 12 degrees cooler: a high of 64° after 76° today.
Now. South Pass is 62° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-southeast at 20 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 53° 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 Monday, near 73°, and the coolest Saturday, near 63°. Rain is possible Saturday (39%), Monday (39%), Tuesday (30%) and Wednesday (34%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 38 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
34%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
62feels62
20mph
Today
Oct 15
7644
26mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
6452
38mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6346
39%
31mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7046
25%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7352
39%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7353
30%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7253
34%
14mph
UV 7
62°
76°44°
64°52°
63°46°
70°46°
73°52°
73°53°
72°53°
As of 9:00 PM in South Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at South Pass
Index 17, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 30 miles off.
17Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for Fri Oct 16. Yesterday measured 7, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 7YesterdayOct 14
- 37TodayOct 15
- 101FriOct 16Alert
- 33SatOct 17
- 18SunOct 18
- 18MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. 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 South Pass, the next 45 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
- 5,233 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 31.7845° N
- Longitude
- 109.8854° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest South Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Walnut Gulch #1S2026
At a soil climate station/10.3 mi away/4,500 ft/733 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station FW9754FW9754
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.5 mi away/4,344 ft/889 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/27.4 mi away/4,150 ft/1,083 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Elgin 5 S53132
At a climate reference station/38.6 mi away/4,811 ft/422 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Pearce - SunsitesSNSA3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/4,350 ft/883 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Tombstone 1.8 NWAZ-CH-96
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/4,309 ft/924 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 South Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near South Pass
- Middlemarch Pass7 mi
- Dragoon Pass19 mi
- Mule Pass23 mi
- Nugents Pass30 mi
- Lobo Pass34 mi
- Apache Pass35 mi
- Downing Pass35 mi
- Bear Spring Pass36 mi