Atwell CampATWC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/7,766 ft/3,939 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Black Rock Pass
Black Rock Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tulare County, California, at 11,705 ft...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL SIERRA, NORTH KINGS RIVER, SEQUOIA KINGS, LAKE ISABELLA, TEHACHAPI AREA, AND FORT TEJON... * 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. Elevations from 4,000 feet and above. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...East winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity between 15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life- threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
47°
59°/31°
Clear·
Feels like 45°·Light breeze 4 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Black Rock Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Black Rock Pass is 47° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 57°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 36°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (80%). Rain is possible Thursday (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
48Air quality
14%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
47feels45
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5931
17mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5730
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5529
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
5129
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4226
50%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
3623
80%
Thu
Oct 22
3620
43%
UV 6
47°
59°31°
57°30°
55°29°
51°29°
42°26°
36°23°
36°20°
As of 6:00 PM in Black Rock Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Black Rock Pass
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 15 miles off.
48Good
- Ozone48Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- 46TodayOct 16
- 48SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Black Rock Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Black Rock Pass, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 11,705 ft
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.4860° N
- Longitude
- 118.5518° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Black Rock Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/23.7 mi away/5,230 ft/6,475 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/28.8 mi away/3,688 ft/8,017 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW1241FW1241
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.2 mi away/374 ft/11,331 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
US-395 - Sage FlatCF152
Beside a road/37.3 mi away/3,959 ft/7,746 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Three Rivers 16.3 ECA-TL-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/7,536 ft/4,169 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ash MountainASHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.2 mi away/1,650 ft/10,055 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Black Rock Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Silver Citycommunity, 6 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 15 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 16 mi
- Three Riverscommunity, 20 mi
- Sequoia Crestcommunity, 21 mi
- Cedar Slopecommunity, 24 mi
- Camp Nelsoncommunity, 24 mi
- Pierpointcommunity, 24 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 25 mi
- Ponderosacommunity, 26 mi
- Lemon Covecommunity, 28 mi
- Wilsoniacommunity, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Black Rock Pass
- Glacier Pass2 mi
- Sawtooth Pass2 mi
- Franklin Pass5 mi
- Shotgun Pass7 mi
- Copper Mine Pass8 mi
- Triple Divide Pass8 mi
- Elizabeth Pass8 mi
- Colby Pass10 mi