Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors CenterDEVC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/-181 ft/5,505 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Emigrant Pass
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Emigrant Pass until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Emigrant Pass is 56° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 52°. Rain is likely Wednesday (56%). Rain is possible Tuesday (48%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Emigrant Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Death Valley National Park (CA), 20 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 2 instruments nearest Emigrant Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 17.6 miles away.
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Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors CenterDEVC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.6 mi away/-181 ft/5,505 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Stovepipe Wells 1 SW53139
At a climate reference station/18.3 mi away/84 ft/5,240 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
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Snow on the ground
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