Oynx - Bird PassBIJC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/6,297 ft/957 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Bird Spring Pass
Bird Spring Pass, California
Mountain pass in Kern County, California, at 5,340 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.
62°
68°/60°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Bird Spring Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Bird Spring Pass is 62° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 7 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 Monday, near 68°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 51°. Rain is likely Wednesday (54%). Rain is possible Tuesday (39%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
20%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
18mph
Today
Oct 16
6860
35mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6758
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6754
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6853
15mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
5748
39%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
5144
54%
Thu
Oct 22
5243
24%
12mph
UV 6
62°
68°60°
67°58°
67°54°
68°53°
57°48°
51°44°
52°43°
As of 1:00 AM in Bird Spring Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Bird Spring Pass
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Mojave (CA), 35 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good-
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bird Spring Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Bird Spring Pass, the next 41 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
- 5,340 ft
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.5527° N
- Longitude
- 118.1342° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Bird Spring Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SR-14 - InyoKernCF164
Beside a road/15.4 mi away/3,018 ft/2,322 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Chimney CreekS2240
At a soil climate station/20.5 mi away/5,680 ft/340 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.6 mi away/2,388 ft/2,952 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/26.5 mi away/2,283 ft/3,057 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Inyokern 9.4 WSWCA-KN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/4,319 ft/1,021 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mountain Mesa - South Lake FireWSLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/2,662 ft/2,678 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Bird Spring Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Onyxcommunity, 11 mi
- Weldoncommunity, 13 mi
- Squirrel Mountain Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- Mountain Mesacommunity, 16 mi
- Inyokerncommunity, 19 mi
- Lake Isabellacommunity, 20 mi
- Bodfishcommunity, 20 mi
- Wofford Heightscommunity, 21 mi
- China Lake Acrescommunity, 22 mi
- Kernvillecommunity, 22 mi
- Pearsonvillecommunity, 23 mi
- Ridgecrest Heightscommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Bird Spring Pass
- Walker Pass10 mi
- Hamp Williams Pass17 mi
- Sirretta Pass28 mi
- Basket Pass29 mi
- Portuguese Pass30 mi
- Bull Run Pass32 mi
- Bakeoven Pass32 mi
- Tehachapi Pass32 mi