Mineral King - Farewall GapFGOC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.0 mi away/10,162 ft/1,540 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Franklin Pass
Franklin Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tulare County, California, at 11,702 ft* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 592 Central Sierra.Fire weather zone 593 North Kings River.Fire weather zone 594 Sequoia Kings.Fire weather zone 595 Lake Isabella. * WIND...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED. A 70 TO 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. A 40 TO 60 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15-25 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NO THUNDERSTORM THREAT. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4,000 UP TO THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
37°
59°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 27°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Franklin Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Franklin Pass is 37° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 7°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° 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 36°. Rain is likely Tuesday (58%) and Wednesday (71%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:33 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
48Air quality
28%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
37feels27
18mph
Today
Oct 15
5928
19mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5831
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5830
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5530
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5128
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4023
58%
Wed
Oct 21
3619
71%
37°
59°28°
58°31°
58°30°
55°30°
51°28°
40°23°
36°19°
As of 8:00 PM in Franklin Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Franklin Pass
Index 48, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 16 miles off.
48Good
- Ozone48Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 46FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Franklin Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Franklin Pass, the next 46 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
- 11,702 ft
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.4120° N
- Longitude
- 118.5466° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Franklin Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/25.1 mi away/5,230 ft/6,472 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/30.2 mi away/3,688 ft/8,014 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - Sage FlatCF152
Beside a road/34.6 mi away/3,959 ft/7,743 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station FW1241FW1241
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.8 mi away/374 ft/11,328 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Three Rivers 16.3 ECA-TL-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/7,536 ft/4,166 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ash MountainASHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/1,650 ft/10,052 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Franklin Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Silver Citycommunity, 7 mi
- Sequoia Crestcommunity, 16 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 18 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 18 mi
- Cedar Slopecommunity, 19 mi
- Camp Nelsoncommunity, 19 mi
- Pierpointcommunity, 19 mi
- Three Riverscommunity, 20 mi
- Ponderosacommunity, 21 mi
- Springvillecommunity, 25 mi
- Lemon Covecommunity, 27 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Franklin Pass
- Shotgun Pass2 mi
- Sawtooth Pass3 mi
- Glacier Pass4 mi
- Black Rock Pass5 mi
- Coyote Pass6 mi
- Right Stringer Pass13 mi
- Triple Divide Pass13 mi
- Saddle Camp Pass13 mi