Big MeadowsBIMC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/7,680 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Burton Pass
Burton Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 7,680 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.
52°
68°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Gentle breeze 9 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Burton Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Burton Pass is 52° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 18°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 64° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 4 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 tomorrow, near 65°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 43°. Rain is likely Tuesday (52%) and Wednesday (63%). Rain is possible Thursday (41%). Frost is possible Wednesday morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
52feels52
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6847
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6548
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6346
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5844
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4637
52%
Wed
Oct 21
4334
63%
Thu
Oct 22
4533
41%
52°
68°47°
65°48°
63°46°
58°44°
46°37°
43°34°
45°33°
As of 1:00 AM in Burton Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Burton Pass
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 18 miles off.
39Good
- Ozone39Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 46TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Burton 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 Burton 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
- 7,680 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.7538° N
- Longitude
- 118.8512° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Burton Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
ReedleyO32
At an airfield/33.7 mi away/388 ft/7,292 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW1241FW1241
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.7 mi away/374 ft/7,306 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grant GroveGRGC1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/6,647 ft/1,033 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Miramonte 2.2 ESECA-FR-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/3,523 ft/4,157 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 Grant Grove (GRGC1), 6.3 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
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Near Burton Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wilsoniacommunity, 6 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 9 mi
- Squaw Valleycommunity, 19 mi
- Three Riverscommunity, 23 mi
- Silver Citycommunity, 23 mi
- East Orosicommunity, 27 mi
- Woodlakecity, 27 mi
- Orange Covecity, 27 mi
- Lemon Covecommunity, 28 mi
- Sevillecommunity, 28 mi
- Orosicommunity, 28 mi
- Cutlercommunity, 29 mi
Mountain passes near Burton Pass
- Poop Out Pass6 mi
- Marvin Pass7 mi
- J.O. Pass8 mi
- Silliman Pass10 mi
- Kennedy Pass14 mi
- Live Oak Pass14 mi
- Granite Pass16 mi
- Avalanche Pass16 mi