At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/8,205 ft/1,506 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Cathedral Pass
Cathedral Pass, California
Mountain pass in Mariposa County, California, at 9,711 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.
42°
62°/31°
Clear·
Feels like 37°·Gentle breeze 9 mph SE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Cathedral Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cathedral Pass is 42° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 14°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 9 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° 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 62°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 38°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%) and Wednesday (59%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:31 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
32%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
42feels37
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6231
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6231
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6030
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5729
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5228
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
4023
61%
Wed
Oct 21
3821
59%
42°
62°31°
62°31°
60°30°
57°29°
52°28°
40°23°
38°21°
As of 8:00 PM in Cathedral Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Cathedral Pass
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Yosemite National Park (CA), 18 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
- Ozone44Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 60YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cathedral Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Cathedral Pass, the next 46 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
- 9,711 ft
- County
- Mariposa County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.8347° N
- Longitude
- 119.4149° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Cathedral Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
US-395 - SR-158CF150
Beside a road/18.1 mi away/6,866 ft/2,845 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At a climate reference station/22.9 mi away/6,620 ft/3,091 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
RancheriaS2236
At a soil climate station/23.4 mi away/7,200 ft/2,511 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/34.7 mi away/7,129 ft/2,582 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tuolumne MeadowsTLUC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/8,693 ft/1,018 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mono City 1.9 SWCA-MN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.6 mi away/6,791 ft/2,920 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 Tuolumne Meadows (TLUC1), 4.9 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cathedral Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Yosemitefeature, 6 mi
- Yosemite Valleycommunity, 11 mi
- Virginia Lakescommunity, 17 mi
- Lee Viningcommunity, 18 mi
- June Lakecommunity, 19 mi
- June Mountainski area, 20 mi
- Forestacommunity, 20 mi
- Mono Citycommunity, 21 mi
- Yosemite Westcommunity, 21 mi
- Twin Lakescommunity, 23 mi
- Wawonacommunity, 23 mi
- El Portalcommunity, 24 mi
Mountain passes near Cathedral Pass
- Tuolumne Pass5 mi
- Vogelsang Pass6 mi
- Ten Lakes Pass8 mi
- Tioga Pass10 mi
- Donohue Pass10 mi
- Mono Pass11 mi
- Parker Pass11 mi
- Koip Peak Pass12 mi