At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/10,407 ft/273 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Granite Pass
Granite Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 10,680 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°
58°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Gentle breeze 10 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Granite Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Granite Pass is 37° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 11°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° 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 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 56°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 35°. Rain is likely Tuesday (61%) and Wednesday (68%). Rain is possible Thursday (42%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:26 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.
0UV Low
39Air quality
34%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
37feels30
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5832
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5631
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5530
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5128
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4024
61%
Wed
Oct 21
3520
68%
Thu
Oct 22
3718
42%
37°
58°32°
56°31°
55°30°
51°28°
40°24°
35°20°
37°18°
As of 1:00 AM in Granite Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Granite Pass
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 30 miles off.
39Good
- Ozone39Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 46TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Granite Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Granite Pass, the next 41 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
- 10,680 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.8780° N
- Longitude
- 118.6112° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Granite Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/34.2 mi away/5,230 ft/5,450 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/36.8 mi away/4,144 ft/6,536 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grant GroveGRGC1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.7 mi away/6,647 ft/4,033 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Independence 0.2 NNWCA-IN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.2 mi away/3,914 ft/6,766 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Grant Grove (GRGC1), 21.7 miles from here, read 13 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Granite Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wilsoniacommunity, 22 mi
- Independencecommunity, 23 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 25 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 27 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 27 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 27 mi
- Silver Citycommunity, 29 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 30 mi
- Squaw Valleycommunity, 34 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 34 mi
- Three Riverscommunity, 35 mi
- Bishopcity, 36 mi
Mountain passes near Granite Pass
- Kennedy Pass3 mi
- Tunemah Pass8 mi
- Gardiner Pass9 mi
- Avalanche Pass9 mi
- Cartridge Pass10 mi
- Coyote Pass11 mi
- Pinchot Pass12 mi
- Marvin Pass12 mi