At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/10,407 ft/1,334 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Cartridge Pass
Cartridge Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 11,741 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.
35°
55°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 26°·Moderate breeze 14 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Cartridge Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cartridge Pass is 35° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 27° by 6 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 52°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 32°. Rain is likely Tuesday (65%) and Wednesday (69%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
35feels26
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5526
15mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5226
14mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5226
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5227
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
4825
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3721
65%
Wed
Oct 21
3216
69%
35°
55°26°
52°26°
52°26°
52°27°
48°25°
37°21°
32°16°
As of 9:00 PM in Cartridge Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Cartridge Pass
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 27 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good16.3 mi
- Ozone32Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)28Good16.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cartridge Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Cartridge Pass, the next 45 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
- 11,741 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.9755° N
- Longitude
- 118.4882° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cartridge Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/28.3 mi away/4,144 ft/7,597 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/34.5 mi away/5,230 ft/6,511 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/39.5 mi away/6,879 ft/4,862 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.6 mi away/8,750 ft/2,991 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Independence 0.2 NNWCA-IN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.7 mi away/3,914 ft/7,827 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 Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 18.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cartridge Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Big Pinecommunity, 17 mi
- Independencecommunity, 20 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 21 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 26 mi
- Bishopcity, 27 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 28 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 29 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 29 mi
- Mesacommunity, 31 mi
- Wilsoniacommunity, 31 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 31 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 34 mi
Mountain passes near Cartridge Pass
- Taboose Pass4 mi
- Mather Pass4 mi
- Pinchot Pass5 mi
- Southfork Pass7 mi
- Potluck Pass7 mi
- Knapsack Pass8 mi
- Contact Pass9 mi
- Sawmill Pass9 mi