Crabtree MeadowCBTC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/10,856 ft/2,069 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Arc Pass
Arc Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tulare County, California, at 12,925 ft* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 592 Central Sierra.Fire weather zone 593 North Kings River.Fire weather zone 594 Sequoia Kings.Fire weather zone 595 Lake Isabella. * WIND...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED. A 70 TO 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. A 40 TO 60 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15-25 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NO THUNDERSTORM THREAT. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4,000 UP TO THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
31°
54°/23°
Clear·
Feels like 20°·Moderate breeze 16 mph NNE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Arc Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Arc Pass is 31° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 20°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 25° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 52°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 32°. Rain is likely Tuesday (59%) and Wednesday (72%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
17%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
31feels20
16mph
Today
Oct 15
5423
20mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5225
20mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5223
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5124
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
4722
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3618
59%
Wed
Oct 21
3214
72%
31°
54°23°
52°25°
52°23°
51°24°
47°22°
36°18°
32°14°
As of 11:00 PM in Arc Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Arc Pass
Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lone Pine (CA), 12 miles off.
6Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good15.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 8, good.
GoodModerate
- 8YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Arc Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Arc Pass, the next 43 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
- 12,925 ft
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.5516° N
- Longitude
- 118.2709° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Arc Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/7.6 mi away/5,230 ft/7,695 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/12.6 mi away/3,688 ft/9,237 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - Sage FlatCF152
Beside a road/28.9 mi away/3,959 ft/8,966 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Independence 0.2 NNWCA-IN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.0 mi away/3,914 ft/9,011 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ash MountainASHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/31.1 mi away/1,650 ft/11,275 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Arc Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 2 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 3 mi
- Lone Pinecommunity, 12 mi
- Independencecommunity, 18 mi
- Cartagocommunity, 21 mi
- Silver Citycommunity, 22 mi
- Keelercommunity, 23 mi
- Olanchacommunity, 24 mi
- Sequoia Crestcommunity, 32 mi
- Cedar Slopecommunity, 33 mi
- Ponderosacommunity, 34 mi
- Camp Nelsoncommunity, 34 mi
Mountain passes near Arc Pass
- Crabtree Passunder 1 mi
- Whitney Passunder 1 mi
- Army Pass4 mi
- New Army Pass5 mi
- Vacation Pass5 mi
- Sheep Pass (historical)5 mi
- Siberian Pass6 mi
- Cottonwood Pass7 mi