Beside a road/0.8 mi away/7,382 ft/3 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/California/Johnson Pass
Johnson Pass, California
Mountain pass in El Dorado County, California, at 7,385 ft* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
45°
64°/34°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 7 mph N
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Johnson Pass until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Johnson Pass is 45° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 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 week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 66°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 44°. Rain is likely Tuesday (63%) and Wednesday (50%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
7Air quality
31%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
45feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6434
13mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6634
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6637
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6335
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5733
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
4629
63%
Wed
Oct 21
4425
50%
45°
64°34°
66°34°
66°37°
63°35°
57°33°
46°29°
44°25°
As of 11:00 PM in Johnson Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Johnson Pass
Index 7, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 6 miles off.
7Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-24.7 mi
- Ozone-41 ppb24.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good9.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Johnson Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Johnson Pass, the next 43 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
- 7,385 ft
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.8241° N
- Longitude
- 120.0310° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Johnson Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Meyers - Baron RAWSRWBC1
A remote fire weather station/2.1 mi away/6,351 ft/1,034 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW3758EW3758
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/6,279 ft/1,106 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.2 mi away/6,263 ft/1,122 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Lake Tahoe 0.8 SSWCA-ED-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/6,270 ft/1,115 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/6,315 ft/1,070 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 17.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Johnson Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Meyerscommunity, 2 mi
- Sierra-at-Tahoeski area, 3 mi
- South Lake Tahoecity, 8 mi
- Heavenlysurveyed ski area, 9 mi
- Kirkwoodcommunity, 9 mi
- Kirkwoodsurveyed ski area, 10 mi
- Mesa Vistacommunity, 12 mi
- Alpine Villagecommunity, 12 mi
- Markleevillecommunity, 16 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 17 mi
- Homewoodski area, 19 mi
- Snow Valleyski area, 22 mi
Mountain passes near Johnson Pass
- Luther Pass5 mi
- Armstrong Pass6 mi
- Mosquito Pass8 mi
- Dicks Pass8 mi
- Carson Pass9 mi
- Rockbound Pass11 mi
- Phipps Pass11 mi
- Barker Pass21 mi