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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Whitetail Pass
Whitetail Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Cochise County, Arizona, at 6,713 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, until 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.
52°
60°/47°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 52°·Strong breeze 27 mph E
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Whitetail Pass until 5 AM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Whitetail Pass is 52° and partly cloudy at 4 AM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the east at 27 mph, gusting to 48 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 44° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is hazardous (index 446): everyone should stay indoors and keep activity low.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 72°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely Monday (55%). Rain is possible tomorrow (33%), Sunday (35%), Tuesday (44%), Wednesday (45%) and Thursday (40%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:44 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:03 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
446Air quality
50%Humidity
43%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
52feels52
27mph
Today
Oct 16
6047
34mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5943
33%
29mph
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
6645
35%
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7051
55%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7253
44%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7155
45%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6954
40%
UV 7
52°
60°47°
59°43°
66°45°
70°51°
72°53°
71°55°
69°54°
As of 4:00 AM in Whitetail Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Whitetail Pass
Index 446, hazardous, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Douglas (AZ), 48 miles off.
446Hazardous
- Coarse particles (PM10)446Hazardous-
The days ahead
Highest 101, unhealthy for sensitive groups, today, led by coarse particles. An air quality alert is called for today. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- 101TodayOct 16Alert
- 33SatOct 17
- 18SunOct 18
- 18MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Whitetail Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Whitetail Pass, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 6,713 ft
- County
- Cochise County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 32.0434° N
- Longitude
- 109.3317° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Whitetail Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
I-10 @ San SimonAZT16
Beside a road/16.4 mi away/3,623 ft/3,090 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WilcoxP33
At an airfield/35.8 mi away/4,186 ft/2,527 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chiricahua National MonumentCHIA3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.0 mi away/5,300 ft/1,413 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Portal 0.5 EAZ-CH-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/4,724 ft/1,989 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 Whitetail Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Mountain passes near Whitetail Pass
- Emigrant Pass3 mi
- Hands Pass4 mi
- Downing Pass7 mi
- Bear Spring Pass8 mi
- Apache Pass12 mi
- Horseshoe Pass17 mi
- Jack Wood Pass22 mi
- Railroad Pass32 mi