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Mountain passes/Arizona/Ventana Pass
Ventana Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Pima County, Arizona, at 2,344 ft* WHAT...East to southeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts 50 to 60 mph expected. * WHERE...Tohono O'odham Nation. * WHEN...Until 2 PM MST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Strong and gusty winds over desert areas could result in blowing dust. Difficult driving conditions will be present, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roadways with strong and gusty crosswinds.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
71°
86°/68°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 71°·Strong breeze 26 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Ventana Pass until 2 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ventana Pass is 71° and mostly clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the east at 26 mph, gusting to 47 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 67° by 5 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups (index 107): children, older adults and people with heart or lung conditions should cut back on long or hard exertion outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 85°, and the coolest Thursday, near 77°. Rain is possible tomorrow (42%), Sunday (31%) and Monday (33%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:14 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
107Air quality
42%Humidity
17%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
71feels71
26mph
Today
Oct 16
8668
31mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8166
42%
24mph
Sun
Oct 18
8365
31%
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8465
33%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
8565
10%
12mph
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
8166
27%
14mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7762
21%
UV 6
71°
86°68°
81°66°
83°65°
84°65°
85°65°
81°66°
77°62°
As of 5:00 AM in Ventana Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Ventana Pass
Index 107, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, West Pinal (AZ), 47 miles off.
107Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)107Unhealthy for sensitive groups-
The days ahead
Highest 84, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- 84TodayOct 16
- 37SatOct 17
- 34SunOct 18
- 36MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ventana Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.06in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ventana Pass, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 2,344 ft
- County
- Pima County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 32.4028° N
- Longitude
- 112.2354° W
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Ventana Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 31.1 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
measured daily2 instruments
Why 0.6 SSWAZ-PM-334
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.1 mi away/1,789 ft/555 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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At a cooperative observer's station/36.5 mi away/1,751 ft/593 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 Ventana Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ventanacommunity, 5 mi
- Kakacommunity, 9 mi
- Anegamcommunity, 12 mi
- Santa Rosacommunity, 12 mi
- Ak Chincommunity, 15 mi
- Wahak Hotrontkcommunity, 17 mi
- Maish Vayacommunity, 17 mi
- Kohatkcommunity, 18 mi
- Charcocommunity, 24 mi
- Tat Momolicommunity, 25 mi
- Pisinemocommunity, 26 mi
- Vaiva Vocommunity, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Ventana Pass
- Montazona Pass6 mi
- Quijotoa Pass16 mi
- Komelik Pass21 mi
- Tat Momoli Pass25 mi
- Piato Vaya Pass25 mi
- Sil Nakya Pass27 mi
- Silver Reef Pass29 mi
- Gu Vo Pass31 mi