Thompson PeakFCDMC-2501
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/3,485 ft/444 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Windgate Pass
Windgate Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 3,041 ft* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...A portion of south central Arizona including the Phoenix metro area. * WHEN...From 8 AM to 3 PM MST Friday. * 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 and lots of lofted dust may create poor air quality across the area.
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.
70°
83°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Moderate breeze 13 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Windgate Pass until 3 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Windgate Pass is 70° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 66° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 83°, and the coolest Thursday, near 72°. Rain is possible Tuesday (35%), Wednesday (47%) and Thursday (45%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:08 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
28%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
70feels70
13mph
Today
Oct 16
8364
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7865
23%
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
8064
19%
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8264
13%
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
8365
35%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7965
47%
12mph
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
7261
45%
UV 6
70°
83°64°
78°65°
80°64°
82°64°
83°65°
79°65°
72°61°
As of 2:00 AM in Windgate Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Windgate Pass
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, McDowell (AZ), 8 miles off.
30Good
- Ozone30Good28 ppb8.2 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good8.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Windgate Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.38 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.38in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Windgate Pass, the next 40 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
- 3,041 ft
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.6678° N
- Longitude
- 111.8147° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Windgate Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW3307EW3307
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/1,635 ft/1,406 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/6.3 mi away/1,509 ft/1,532 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Scottsdale 9.7 NNEAZ-MR-422
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/1,704 ft/1,337 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pinnacle PeakPPKA3
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/2,566 ft/475 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 Pinnacle Peak (PPKA3), 4.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:39. measured daily
Elsewhere in Arizona
16 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Windgate Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Fountain Hillstown, 6 mi
- Scottsdalecity, 7 mi
- Rio Verdecommunity, 9 mi
- Paradise Valleytown, 12 mi
- Carefreetown, 12 mi
- Cave Creektown, 14 mi
- Mesacity, 18 mi
- New Rivercommunity, 19 mi
- Tempecity, 20 mi
- Phoenixcity, 21 mi
- Anthemcommunity, 22 mi
- Guadalupetown, 22 mi
Mountain passes near Windgate Pass
- Bell Passunder 1 mi
- McDowell Pass9 mi
- Usery Pass17 mi
- Rincon Pass23 mi
- Boulder Pass24 mi
- Eagle Pass26 mi
- Parker Pass27 mi
- Reno Pass28 mi