Cactus CityCCTC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/1,791 ft/1,175 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Cottonwood Pass
Cottonwood Pass, California
Mountain pass in Riverside County, California, at 2,966 ft* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Chiriaco Summit. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 2 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Difficult driving conditions, especially for larger vehicles traveling along roads with crosswinds. Light, unsecured objects may become airborne. Localized channels of blowing dust may briefly lower visibility under one mile.
A Wind Advisory means that sustained wind speeds of between 30 and 40 mph are expected, or wind gusts of between 40 and 58 mph. Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. In addition, strong winds over desert areas could result in briefly lowered visibilities to well under a mile at times in blowing dust or blowing sand. Use extra caution.
66°
79°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Cottonwood Pass until 2 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cottonwood Pass is 66° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 78°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
22%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
66feels66
15mph
Today
Oct 15
7956
20mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7857
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7158
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
7356
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7558
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7056
13%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
6550
22%
UV 6
66°
79°56°
78°57°
71°58°
73°56°
75°58°
70°56°
65°50°
As of 9:00 PM in Cottonwood Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Cottonwood Pass
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 33 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
- Ozone40Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)18Good18.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 51YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood 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
- 2,966 ft
- County
- Riverside County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.7261° N
- Longitude
- 115.8131° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Cottonwood Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
I-10 : East of Dillon RoadCF019
Beside a road/20.2 mi away/10 ft/2,956 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/21.1 mi away/-121 ft/3,087 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW4045GW4045
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.3 mi away/-180 ft/3,146 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Desert CenterS2183
At a soil climate station/29.7 mi away/556 ft/2,410 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Chiriaco SummitRCOC1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/1,703 ft/1,263 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Indio 1.7 ESECA-RV-75
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.4 mi away/-29 ft/2,995 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
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Near Cottonwood Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Shorecommunity, 15 mi
- Meccacommunity, 18 mi
- Thermalcommunity, 19 mi
- Coachellacity, 22 mi
- Oasiscommunity, 22 mi
- Vista Santa Rosacommunity, 24 mi
- Indiocity, 24 mi
- Desert Centercommunity, 24 mi
- Indio Hillscommunity, 26 mi
- Desert Shorescommunity, 26 mi
- Bombay Beachcommunity, 26 mi
- Salton Sea Beachcommunity, 27 mi
Mountain passes near Cottonwood Pass
- Victory Pass21 mi
- Sheep Pass26 mi
- Clarks Pass28 mi
- Iris Pass29 mi
- Sheep Hole Pass35 mi
- Augustine Pass36 mi
- Surveyors Pass37 mi
- Alcoholic Pass41 mi