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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Tortilla Pass
Tortilla Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Pinal County, Arizona, at 4,480 ft* WHAT...East winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Dripping Springs, Globe/Miami, Northwest Pinal County, Pinal/Superstition Mountains, 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.
63°
77°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 63°·Moderate breeze 13 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Tortilla Pass until 11 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Tortilla Pass is 63° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 13 mph, gusting to 24 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 Monday, near 74°, and the coolest Saturday, near 66°. Rain is likely Wednesday (55%). Rain is possible Saturday (33%) and Tuesday (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
63feels63
13mph
Today
Oct 15
7747
16mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
7257
26mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6653
33%
22mph
Sun
Oct 18
7054
19%
15mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7456
23%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7358
46%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7157
55%
UV 6
63°
77°47°
72°57°
66°53°
70°54°
74°56°
73°58°
71°57°
As of 9:00 PM in Tortilla Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Tortilla Pass
Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Miami (AZ), 23 miles off.
6Good
- Ozone-38 ppb18.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good16.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest 52, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 14
- 13TodayOct 15
- 52FriOct 16
- 27SatOct 17
- 15SunOct 18
- 13MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Tortilla Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.59 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.59in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Tortilla 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
- 4,480 ft
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.4462° N
- Longitude
- 111.2246° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Tortilla Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW7132FW7132
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.2 mi away/1,794 ft/2,686 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/26.6 mi away/1,385 ft/3,095 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Queen Valley 0.2 EAZ-PN-77
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/2,060 ft/2,420 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mormon FlatTRTA3
At a cooperative observer's station/14.6 mi away/1,962 ft/2,518 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mormon Flat (TRTA3), 14.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:19. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Tortilla Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Queen Valleycommunity, 11 mi
- Superiortown, 13 mi
- Gold Canyoncommunity, 14 mi
- Top-of-the-Worldcommunity, 15 mi
- Rooseveltcommunity, 16 mi
- Roosevelt Estatescommunity, 17 mi
- Apache Junctioncity, 19 mi
- Rock Housecommunity, 20 mi
- Miamitown, 21 mi
- Wheatfieldscommunity, 22 mi
- Claypoolcommunity, 22 mi
- Central Heights-Midland Citycommunity, 24 mi
Mountain passes near Tortilla Pass
- Windy Pass5 mi
- Terrapin Pass8 mi
- Upper Black Top Mesa Pass9 mi
- Bull Pass9 mi
- Parker Pass11 mi
- Gonzales Pass12 mi
- Red Hill Pass23 mi
- Usery Pass23 mi