Lone PineO26
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/3,688 ft/5,808 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Forgotten Pass
Now. Forgotten Pass is 40° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. 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 60°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 41°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible Thursday (32%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Forgotten Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 7, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Lone Pine (CA), 8 miles off.
Yesterday measured 8, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 5 instruments nearest Forgotten Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/8.8 mi away/3,688 ft/5,808 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/13.3 mi away/5,230 ft/4,266 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Cottonwood LakesCWDC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.9 mi away/10,236 ft/740 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
US-395 - Sage FlatCF152
Beside a road/33.7 mi away/3,959 ft/5,537 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily1 instrument
Independence 0.2 NNWCA-IN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 mi away/3,914 ft/5,582 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.