Bishop PassBSHC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.8 mi away/11,401 ft/580 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Mather Pass
Mather Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 11,981 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.
36°
53°/25°
Clear·
Feels like 27°·Gentle breeze 12 mph SE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Mather Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mather Pass is 36° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 12 mph, gusting to 24 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 30°. Rain is likely Tuesday (66%) and Wednesday (68%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
21%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
36feels27
12mph
Today
Oct 15
5325
16mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5024
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5125
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5126
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
4724
12mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3620
66%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
3015
68%
36°
53°25°
50°24°
51°25°
51°26°
47°24°
36°20°
30°15°
As of 8:00 PM in Mather Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Mather Pass
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 23 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good12.6 mi
- Ozone34Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good12.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mather Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Mather Pass, the next 46 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
- 11,981 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.0319° N
- Longitude
- 118.4601° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Mather Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/24.2 mi away/4,144 ft/7,837 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Deep SpringsS2187
At a soil climate station/35.6 mi away/5,399 ft/6,582 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/36.0 mi away/6,879 ft/5,102 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.6 mi away/7,002 ft/4,979 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.7 mi away/8,750 ft/3,231 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bishop 5.1 SWCA-IN-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.4 mi away/5,375 ft/6,606 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), 15.7 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 Mather Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Big Pinecommunity, 13 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 17 mi
- Independencecommunity, 21 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 22 mi
- Bishopcity, 23 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 24 mi
- Mesacommunity, 27 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 28 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 32 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 32 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 33 mi
- Swall Meadowscommunity, 34 mi
Mountain passes near Mather Pass
- Southfork Pass3 mi
- Taboose Pass4 mi
- Cartridge Pass4 mi
- Potluck Pass4 mi
- Contact Pass5 mi
- Knapsack Pass6 mi
- Pinchot Pass7 mi
- Jigsaw Pass7 mi