Lake LoisLLSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/8,100 ft/334 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Mosquito Pass
Mosquito Pass, California
Mountain pass in El Dorado County, California, at 8,434 ft...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT THIS MORNING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of central and northern California. * TIMING...Until 10 AM PDT this morning. * WINDS...Northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 25 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Daytime humidity 10 to 20% with single digits possible and very poor overnight recoveries. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
42°
64°/31°
Clear·
Feels like 37°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Mosquito Pass until 10 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Mosquito Pass is 42° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 37°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 64°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 44°. Rain is likely Tuesday (59%) and Wednesday (56%). Rain is possible Thursday (42%). The first freeze could come Monday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
30%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
42feels37
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6431
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6435
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6134
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5632
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
4729
59%
Wed
Oct 21
4426
56%
Thu
Oct 22
4425
42%
42°
64°31°
64°35°
61°34°
56°32°
47°29°
44°26°
44°25°
As of 3:00 AM in Mosquito Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Mosquito Pass
Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 8 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-19.8 mi
- Ozone-44 ppb19.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Mosquito 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 Mosquito Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 8,434 ft
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.8774° N
- Longitude
- 120.1607° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Mosquito Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW3758EW3758
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.1 mi away/6,279 ft/2,155 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/8.3 mi away/7,382 ft/1,052 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/9.0 mi away/6,263 ft/2,171 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/10.1 mi away/6,270 ft/2,164 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/6,315 ft/2,119 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), 12.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Big Bear Mountainski areaBishopcityBridgeporttownChina Peakski areaDodge Ridgeski areaDonner PassfeatureFresnocityHeavenlysurveyed ski areaHomewoodski areaJune Mountainski areaKirkwoodsurveyed ski areaLos AngelescityMammoth LakestownMammoth Mountainsurveyed ski areaMount ShastafeatureMount Shasta CitycityMount Shasta Ski Parkski areaMount WhitneyfeatureMountain Highski areaNorthstarsurveyed ski areaPalisades Tahoesurveyed ski areaReddingcitySacramentocitySan DiegocitySan FranciscocitySierra NevadafeatureSierra-at-Tahoeski areaSnow Valleyski areaSouth Lake TahoecitySugar Bowlski areaSusanvillecityTruckeetownYosemitefeature
Near Mosquito Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sierra-at-Tahoeski area, 6 mi
- Meyerscommunity, 8 mi
- South Lake Tahoecity, 11 mi
- Heavenlysurveyed ski area, 13 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 13 mi
- Kirkwoodcommunity, 14 mi
- Kirkwoodsurveyed ski area, 14 mi
- Homewoodski area, 14 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 19 mi
- Mesa Vistacommunity, 20 mi
- Alpine Villagecommunity, 20 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 22 mi
Mountain passes near Mosquito Pass
- Dicks Pass2 mi
- Rockbound Pass3 mi
- Phipps Pass6 mi
- Johnson Pass8 mi
- Luther Pass13 mi
- Armstrong Pass14 mi
- Barker Pass14 mi
- Carson Pass16 mi