Charlotte LakeCRLC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/11,854 ft/429 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Baxter Pass
Baxter Pass, California
Mountain pass in Inyo County, California, at 12,283 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.
35°
55°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 27°·Gentle breeze 11 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Baxter Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Baxter Pass is 35° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° 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 53°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 32°. Rain is likely Tuesday (60%) and Wednesday (71%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
17%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
35feels27
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5526
17mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5326
15mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5225
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5226
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
4925
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3821
60%
Wed
Oct 21
3217
71%
35°
55°26°
53°26°
52°25°
52°26°
49°25°
38°21°
32°17°
As of 11:00 PM in Baxter Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Baxter Pass
Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lone Pine (CA), 24 miles off.
6Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-22.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good22.3 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 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Baxter Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Baxter 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
- 12,283 ft
- County
- Inyo County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.8353° N
- Longitude
- 118.3758° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Baxter Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/23.0 mi away/5,230 ft/7,053 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/3,688 ft/8,595 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Independence 0.2 NNWCA-IN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/3,914 ft/8,369 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/29.9 mi away/8,750 ft/3,533 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 Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 29.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Baxter Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Independencecommunity, 10 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 18 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 18 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 23 mi
- Lone Pinecommunity, 24 mi
- Silver Citycommunity, 30 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 30 mi
- Wilsoniacommunity, 33 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 35 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 36 mi
- Bishopcity, 37 mi
- Keelercommunity, 37 mi
Mountain passes near Baxter Pass
- Sawmill Pass3 mi
- Glen Pass4 mi
- Kearsarge Pass4 mi
- Gardiner Pass6 mi
- Pinchot Pass7 mi
- Harrison Pass10 mi
- Forester Pass10 mi
- Junction Pass10 mi