Ostrander LakeOSTC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/8,241 ft/1,114 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Buena Vista Pass
Buena Vista Pass, California
Mountain pass in Madera County, California, at 9,355 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.
41°
64°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 36°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Buena Vista Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Buena Vista Pass is 41° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 10°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. 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. Air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups (index 141): children, older adults and people with heart or lung conditions should cut back on long or hard exertion outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 62°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 38°. Rain is likely Wednesday (53%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%) and Thursday (38%). The first freeze could come Monday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
141Air quality
30%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
41feels36
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6434
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6235
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5833
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5231
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4025
47%
Wed
Oct 21
3822
53%
Thu
Oct 22
4020
38%
UV 6
41°
64°34°
62°35°
58°33°
52°31°
40°25°
38°22°
40°20°
As of 12:00 AM in Buena Vista Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Buena Vista Pass
Index 141, unhealthy for sensitive groups, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Yosemite National Park (CA), 13 miles off.
141Unhealthy for sensitive groups
- Fine particles (PM2.5)141Unhealthy for sensitive groups-
- Ozone40Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 60YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 42 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista Pass, the next 42 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
- 9,355 ft
- County
- Madera County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.6008° N
- Longitude
- 119.5096° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Buena Vista Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At a climate reference station/19.9 mi away/6,620 ft/2,735 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Beside a road/29.6 mi away/8,031 ft/1,324 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/36.8 mi away/7,129 ft/2,226 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Doe RidgeS2191
At a soil climate station/37.5 mi away/7,340 ft/2,015 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
South Entrance Yosemite National ParkYNPC1
In a park or preserve/10.0 mi away/5,453 ft/3,902 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mariposa 12.5 ECA-MP-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/2,952 ft/6,403 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Buena Vista Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wawonacommunity, 8 mi
- Yosemite Valleycommunity, 11 mi
- Fish Campcommunity, 11 mi
- Yosemite Westcommunity, 12 mi
- Forestacommunity, 15 mi
- Yosemitefeature, 16 mi
- El Portalcommunity, 17 mi
- Nipinnawaseecommunity, 18 mi
- Bass Lakecommunity, 19 mi
- Oakhurstcommunity, 20 mi
- Ahwahneecommunity, 21 mi
- Bootjackcommunity, 23 mi
Mountain passes near Buena Vista Pass
- Merced Pass4 mi
- Chiquito Pass6 mi
- Grizzly Pass7 mi
- Red Peak Pass7 mi
- Fernandez Pass7 mi
- Badger Pass9 mi
- Post Peak Pass10 mi
- Isberg Pass10 mi