Horse MeadowsHRSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/8,691 ft/1,023 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Brown Bear Pass
Brown Bear Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tuolumne County, California, at 9,714 ft...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of central and northern California. * TIMING...Until 10 AM PDT this morning. * WINDS...Northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 25 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Daytime humidity 10 to 20% with single digits possible and very poor overnight recoveries. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
36°
62°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Light breeze 7 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Brown Bear Pass until 10 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Brown Bear Pass is 36° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 19°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° by 5 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 7, 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 (58%) and Wednesday (65%). Rain is possible Thursday (47%). 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
56%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
36feels30
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6228
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6029
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5729
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5228
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4324
58%
Wed
Oct 21
3921
65%
Thu
Oct 22
3919
47%
UV 6
36°
62°28°
60°29°
57°29°
52°28°
43°24°
39°21°
39°19°
As of 2:00 AM in Brown Bear Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Brown Bear Pass
Index 6, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 34 miles off.
6Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Brown Bear Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Brown Bear Pass, the next 46 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
- 9,714 ft
- County
- Tuolumne County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.2127° N
- Longitude
- 119.6641° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Brown Bear Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Beside a road/27.6 mi away/8,146 ft/1,568 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bodie HillsS2215
At a soil climate station/29.4 mi away/7,825 ft/1,889 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/33.1 mi away/6,620 ft/3,094 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW0871GW0871
In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.6 mi away/2,532 ft/7,182 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Hetch HetchyHETC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/4,974 ft/4,740 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Walker 1.2 NECA-MN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.8 mi away/5,640 ft/4,074 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Brown Bear Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dodge Ridgeski area, 17 mi
- Twin Lakescommunity, 18 mi
- Strawberrycommunity, 19 mi
- Cold Springscommunity, 21 mi
- Walkercommunity, 23 mi
- Bridgeporttown, 24 mi
- Virginia Lakescommunity, 25 mi
- Long Barncommunity, 27 mi
- Yosemitefeature, 27 mi
- Colevillecommunity, 27 mi
- Bear Valleycommunity, 27 mi
- Snow Valleyski area, 29 mi
Mountain passes near Brown Bear Pass
- Emigrant Pass2 mi
- Bond Pass4 mi
- Dorothy Lake Pass5 mi
- Sonora Pass8 mi
- Piute Pass9 mi
- Eagle Pass9 mi
- Saint Marys Pass9 mi
- Styx Pass11 mi