Citizen station FW7132FW7132
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/1,794 ft/1,013 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Upper Black Top Mesa Pass
Upper Black Top Mesa Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Pinal County, Arizona, at 2,807 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.
68°
84°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 68°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Upper Black Top Mesa Pass until 11 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Upper Black Top Mesa Pass is 68° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 15 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 7 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 80°, and the coolest Saturday, near 73°. Rain is possible Tuesday (41%) and Wednesday (44%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 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
32Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
68feels68
15mph
Today
Oct 15
8450
18mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8063
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7360
27%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
7760
11%
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7961
18%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7862
41%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7561
44%
12mph
UV 6
68°
84°50°
80°63°
73°60°
77°60°
79°61°
78°62°
75°61°
As of 9:00 PM in Upper Black Top Mesa Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Upper Black Top Mesa Pass
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (AZ), 22 miles off.
32Good
- Ozone32Good38 ppb9.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good7.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Upper Black Top Mesa Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.72 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
- 0.72in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Upper Black Top Mesa 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
- 2,807 ft
- County
- Pinal County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.4495° N
- Longitude
- 111.3790° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Upper Black Top Mesa Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Saguaro LakeFCDMC-63501
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.6 mi away/1,540 ft/1,267 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/18.7 mi away/1,385 ft/1,422 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/2,064 ft/743 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Gold Canyon 1.6 SWAZ-PN-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.5 mi away/1,780 ft/1,027 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 Upper Black Top Mesa Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gold Canyoncommunity, 7 mi
- Apache Junctioncity, 10 mi
- Queen Valleycommunity, 12 mi
- Superiortown, 19 mi
- Queen Creektown, 20 mi
- San Tan Valleycommunity, 21 mi
- Rooseveltcommunity, 21 mi
- Mesacity, 22 mi
- Fountain Hillstown, 23 mi
- Gilberttown, 23 mi
- Top-of-the-Worldcommunity, 23 mi
- Roosevelt Estatescommunity, 24 mi
Mountain passes near Upper Black Top Mesa Pass
- Bull Passunder 1 mi
- Terrapin Passunder 1 mi
- Parker Pass2 mi
- Tortilla Pass9 mi
- Windy Pass12 mi
- Usery Pass14 mi
- Gonzales Pass15 mi
- McDowell Pass21 mi