Pinto Creek Near Miami09498502
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.2 mi away/2,820 ft/2,087 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Arizona/Windy Pass
Windy Pass, Arizona
Mountain pass in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 4,907 ft* WHAT...East winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 45 to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, Dripping Springs, Globe/Miami, Mazatzal Mountains, Northwest Pinal County, Pinal/Superstition Mountains, Rio Verde/Salt River, 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.
57°
73°/55°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Moderate breeze 14 mph E
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Windy Pass until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Windy Pass is 57° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° 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, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 74°, and the coolest Thursday, near 66°. Rain is likely Wednesday (60%) and Thursday (59%). Rain is possible Monday (36%) and Tuesday (48%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:50 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:06 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
43%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
57feels57
14mph
Today
Oct 16
7355
24mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6753
28%
21mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7155
26%
13mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7456
36%
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7457
48%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
7158
60%
UV 6
Thu
Oct 22
6655
59%
UV 6
57°
73°55°
67°53°
71°55°
74°56°
74°57°
71°58°
66°55°
As of 6:00 AM in Windy Pass, Arizona.
Air quality
The air at Windy Pass
Index 44, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Miami (AZ), 23 miles off.
44Good
- Ozone-39 ppb21.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)44Good19.1 mi
The days ahead
Highest 52, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 15
- 52TodayOct 16
- 27SatOct 17
- 15SunOct 18
- 13MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Windy Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.51 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.51in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Windy Pass, the next 42 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
- 4,907 ft
- County
- Maricopa County
- State
- Arizona
- Latitude
- 33.5142° N
- Longitude
- 111.1873° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Windy Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW7132FW7132
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.9 mi away/1,794 ft/3,113 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/30.5 mi away/1,385 ft/3,522 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-60 @ MP-280.3: Timber CampAZT21
Beside a road/37.2 mi away/5,781 ft/874 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
RooseveltROOA3
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/2,631 ft/2,276 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Queen Valley 0.2 EAZ-PN-77
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/2,060 ft/2,847 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 Windy Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rooseveltcommunity, 11 mi
- Roosevelt Estatescommunity, 13 mi
- Rock Housecommunity, 16 mi
- Top-of-the-Worldcommunity, 16 mi
- Superiortown, 16 mi
- Queen Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- Gold Canyoncommunity, 18 mi
- Wheatfieldscommunity, 19 mi
- Miamitown, 20 mi
- Claypoolcommunity, 21 mi
- Apache Junctioncity, 22 mi
- Central Heights-Midland Citycommunity, 23 mi
Mountain passes near Windy Pass
- Tortilla Pass5 mi
- Terrapin Pass12 mi
- Bull Pass12 mi
- Upper Black Top Mesa Pass12 mi
- Parker Pass14 mi
- Gonzales Pass17 mi
- Red Hill Pass21 mi
- Usery Pass25 mi