Meadowbrook StageMBSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/9,705 ft/1,546 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Hell for Sure Pass
Hell for Sure Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 11,251 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.
33°
56°/26°
Clear·
Feels like 24°·Moderate breeze 13 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Hell for Sure Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Hell for Sure Pass is 33° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-southeast at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 53° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 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 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 55°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 35°. Rain is likely Tuesday (65%) and Wednesday (71%). Rain is possible Thursday (47%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
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 14 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
50%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
33feels24
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5626
14mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5529
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5530
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5228
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4324
65%
Wed
Oct 21
3520
71%
Thu
Oct 22
3617
47%
UV 6
33°
56°26°
55°29°
55°30°
52°28°
43°24°
35°20°
36°17°
As of 2:00 AM in Hell for Sure Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Hell for Sure Pass
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 27 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Hell for Sure Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Hell for Sure Pass, the next 40 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
- 11,251 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.1458° N
- Longitude
- 118.7971° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Hell for Sure Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/28.3 mi away/6,879 ft/4,372 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/28.5 mi away/4,144 ft/7,107 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.8 mi away/7,002 ft/4,249 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Doe RidgeS2191
At a soil climate station/33.8 mi away/7,340 ft/3,911 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/8,750 ft/2,501 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bishop 5.1 SWCA-IN-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.9 mi away/5,375 ft/5,876 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 Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 12.5 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Hell for Sure Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Round Valleycommunity, 21 mi
- Mesacommunity, 23 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 24 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 25 mi
- Big Creekcommunity, 25 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 25 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 26 mi
- Swall Meadowscommunity, 26 mi
- Bishopcity, 27 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 28 mi
- Aspen Springscommunity, 28 mi
- Crowley Lakecommunity, 29 mi
Mountain passes near Hell for Sure Pass
- Mosquito Pass4 mi
- Scepter Pass7 mi
- Muir Pass7 mi
- Crown Pass8 mi
- Thompson Pass9 mi
- Piute Pass9 mi
- Chuck Pass10 mi
- Selden Pass11 mi