Bishop PassBSHC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/11,401 ft/305 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Knapsack Pass
Knapsack Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 11,706 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.
35°
54°/25°
Clear·
Feels like 27°·Gentle breeze 11 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Knapsack Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Knapsack Pass is 35° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-southeast at 11 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 25° 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 Saturday, near 51°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 31°. Rain or snow is likely Tuesday (68%) and Wednesday (67%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
43%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
35feels27
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5425
16mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5025
16mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5126
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5127
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
4725
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3721
68%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
3116
67%
35°
54°25°
50°25°
51°26°
51°27°
47°25°
37°21°
31°16°
As of 11:00 PM in Knapsack Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Knapsack Pass
Index 36, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 21 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good14.5 mi
- Ozone31Good25 ppb20.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)36Good14.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Knapsack 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 Knapsack 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
- 11,706 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.0834° N
- Longitude
- 118.5437° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Knapsack Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/22.3 mi away/4,144 ft/7,562 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/31.6 mi away/6,879 ft/4,827 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.7 mi away/7,002 ft/4,704 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Deep SpringsS2187
At a soil climate station/37.2 mi away/5,399 ft/6,307 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/8,750 ft/2,956 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bishop 5.1 SWCA-IN-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.5 mi away/5,375 ft/6,331 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), 10.6 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 Knapsack Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Big Pinecommunity, 15 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 15 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 20 mi
- Bishopcity, 21 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 22 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 23 mi
- Mesacommunity, 23 mi
- Independencecommunity, 27 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 28 mi
- Swall Meadowscommunity, 30 mi
- Chalfantcommunity, 32 mi
- Wilsoniacommunity, 33 mi
Mountain passes near Knapsack Pass
- Potluck Pass2 mi
- Bishop Pass2 mi
- Jigsaw Pass3 mi
- Contact Pass4 mi
- Southfork Pass5 mi
- Mather Pass6 mi
- Muir Pass7 mi
- Cartridge Pass8 mi