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At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/8,100 ft/1,267 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Dicks Pass
Dicks Pass, California
Mountain pass in El Dorado County, California, at 9,367 ft* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
37°
57°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Dicks Pass until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Dicks Pass is 37° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° 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 58°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 37°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%). Rain is possible Wednesday (48%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
33%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
37feels30
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5728
15mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5827
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5830
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5629
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
4927
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
3922
61%
Wed
Oct 21
3719
48%
37°
57°28°
58°27°
58°30°
56°29°
49°27°
39°22°
37°19°
As of 11:00 PM in Dicks Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Dicks Pass
Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 7 miles off.
6Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-17.7 mi
- Ozone-41 ppb17.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good9.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Dicks Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Dicks Pass, the next 43 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
- 9,367 ft
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.9052° N
- Longitude
- 120.1352° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Dicks Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW3758EW3758
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/6,279 ft/3,088 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/7.6 mi away/6,263 ft/3,104 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/8.5 mi away/7,382 ft/1,985 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
South Lake Tahoe 0.8 SSWCA-ED-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/6,270 ft/3,097 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/6,315 ft/3,052 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 10.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Dicks Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sierra-at-Tahoeski area, 7 mi
- Meyerscommunity, 8 mi
- South Lake Tahoecity, 9 mi
- Heavenlysurveyed ski area, 11 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 11 mi
- Homewoodski area, 13 mi
- Kirkwoodcommunity, 15 mi
- Kirkwoodsurveyed ski area, 16 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 17 mi
- Mesa Vistacommunity, 19 mi
- Alpine Villagecommunity, 20 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 20 mi
Mountain passes near Dicks Pass
- Mosquito Pass2 mi
- Rockbound Pass4 mi
- Phipps Pass4 mi
- Johnson Pass8 mi
- Barker Pass13 mi
- Armstrong Pass13 mi
- Luther Pass13 mi
- Carson Pass17 mi