Slide CanyonSLIC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/9,843 ft/270 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Benson Pass
Benson Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tuolumne County, California, at 10,113 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.
32°
61°/27°
Clear·
Feels like 26°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Benson Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Benson Pass is 32° and clear at 6 AM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 15°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. 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 tomorrow, near 60°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 39°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%) and Wednesday (67%). Rain is possible Thursday (48%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
8Air quality
68%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 AM
32feels26
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6127
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6029
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5829
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5427
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4424
61%
Wed
Oct 21
3921
67%
Thu
Oct 22
4019
48%
UV 6
32°
61°27°
60°29°
58°29°
54°27°
44°24°
39°21°
40°19°
As of 6:00 AM in Benson Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Benson Pass
Index 8, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 19 miles off.
8Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good18.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good18.9 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Benson Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Benson 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
- 10,113 ft
- County
- Tuolumne County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.0152° N
- Longitude
- 119.4610° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Benson Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/16.0 mi away/8,146 ft/1,967 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RancheriaS2236
At a soil climate station/19.3 mi away/7,200 ft/2,913 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/26.8 mi away/6,620 ft/3,493 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tuolumne MeadowsTLUC1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/8,693 ft/1,420 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mono City 1.9 SWCA-MN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.1 mi away/6,791 ft/3,322 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tuolumne Meadows (TLUC1), 11.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Benson Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Twin Lakescommunity, 12 mi
- Virginia Lakescommunity, 12 mi
- Yosemitefeature, 13 mi
- Mono Citycommunity, 17 mi
- Lee Viningcommunity, 19 mi
- Yosemite Valleycommunity, 20 mi
- Bridgeporttown, 21 mi
- June Lakecommunity, 26 mi
- Forestacommunity, 27 mi
- June Mountainski area, 29 mi
- Yosemite Westcommunity, 29 mi
- El Portalcommunity, 30 mi
Mountain passes near Benson Pass
- Seavey Pass4 mi
- Mule Pass6 mi
- Rock Island Pass6 mi
- Burro Pass6 mi
- Virginia Pass8 mi
- Buckeye Pass8 mi
- Ten Lakes Pass9 mi
- Lundy Pass10 mi