At a river or reservoir gauge/5.9 mi away/10,407 ft/404 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Kennedy Pass
Kennedy Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 10,811 ft...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL SIERRA, NORTH KINGS RIVER, SEQUOIA KINGS, LAKE ISABELLA, TEHACHAPI AREA, AND FORT TEJON... * 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. Elevations from 4,000 feet and above. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...East winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum relative humidity between 15 to 25 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life- threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
39°
61°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 33°·Gentle breeze 9 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Kennedy Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kennedy Pass is 39° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 11°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 32° by 6 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 56°, and the coolest Thursday, near 35°. Rain is likely Wednesday (79%) and Thursday (52%). Rain is possible Tuesday (37%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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
38Air quality
32%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
39feels33
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6132
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5631
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5428
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
5026
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4322
37%
UV 7
Wed
Oct 21
3821
79%
Thu
Oct 22
3517
52%
39°
61°32°
56°31°
54°28°
50°26°
43°22°
38°21°
35°17°
As of 9:00 PM in Kennedy Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Kennedy Pass
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 29 miles off.
38Good
- Ozone38Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- 46TodayOct 16
- 48SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Kennedy Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 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 Kennedy Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 10,811 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.8760° N
- Longitude
- 118.6607° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Kennedy Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/36.2 mi away/5,230 ft/5,581 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/38.0 mi away/4,144 ft/6,667 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Grant GroveGRGC1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.2 mi away/6,647 ft/4,164 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Miramonte 2.2 ESECA-FR-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.0 mi away/3,523 ft/7,288 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), 19.2 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Kennedy Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wilsoniacommunity, 19 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 23 mi
- Independencecommunity, 26 mi
- Silver Citycommunity, 28 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 28 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 29 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 29 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 31 mi
- Squaw Valleycommunity, 32 mi
- Three Riverscommunity, 34 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 35 mi
- Bishopcity, 37 mi
Mountain passes near Kennedy Pass
- Granite Pass3 mi
- Tunemah Pass7 mi
- Coyote Pass9 mi
- Avalanche Pass10 mi
- Marvin Pass11 mi
- Gardiner Pass11 mi
- Cartridge Pass12 mi
- Burton Pass14 mi