Horse MeadowsHRSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/8,691 ft/853 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Dorothy Lake Pass
Now. Dorothy Lake Pass is 50° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 12°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 26° 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 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 59°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 38°. Rain is likely Tuesday (59%) and Wednesday (66%). Rain is possible Thursday (42%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 12 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 AM in Dorothy Lake Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 29 miles off.
Yesterday measured 6, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Dorothy Lake Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Horse MeadowsHRSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/8,691 ft/853 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/22.7 mi away/8,146 ft/1,398 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bodie HillsS2215
At a soil climate station/25.4 mi away/7,825 ft/1,719 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/32.5 mi away/6,620 ft/2,924 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Hetch HetchyHETC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.7 mi away/4,974 ft/4,570 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Walker 1.2 NECA-MN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.2 mi away/5,640 ft/3,904 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.