Blackcap Basin GOESBCBC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/10,312 ft/1,668 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Muir Pass
Muir Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 11,980 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.
33°
53°/24°
Clear·
Feels like 23°·Moderate breeze 15 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Muir Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Muir Pass is 33° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 24° 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 50°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 29°. Snow is likely Tuesday (68%) and Wednesday (67%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
32%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
33feels23
15mph
Today
Oct 15
5324
16mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
4924
16mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5025
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5026
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
4624
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3519
68%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
2915
67%
33°
53°24°
49°24°
50°25°
50°26°
46°24°
35°19°
29°15°
As of 10:00 PM in Muir Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Muir Pass
Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 23 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good21 mi
- Ozone32Good24 ppb22.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)28Good21 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Muir Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 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 Muir Pass, the next 44 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
- 11,980 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.1116° N
- Longitude
- 118.6707° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Muir Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/24.7 mi away/4,144 ft/7,836 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/29.3 mi away/6,879 ft/5,101 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.2 mi away/7,002 ft/4,978 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Doe RidgeS2191
At a soil climate station/37.1 mi away/7,340 ft/4,640 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.2 mi away/8,750 ft/3,230 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bishop 5.1 SWCA-IN-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.1 mi away/5,375 ft/6,605 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), 9.2 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 Muir Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wilkersoncommunity, 19 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 21 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 21 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 21 mi
- Mesacommunity, 22 mi
- Bishopcity, 23 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 23 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 26 mi
- Swall Meadowscommunity, 27 mi
- Aspen Springscommunity, 30 mi
- Wilsoniacommunity, 31 mi
- Crowley Lakecommunity, 32 mi
Mountain passes near Muir Pass
- Bishop Pass7 mi
- Knapsack Pass7 mi
- Hell for Sure Pass7 mi
- Jigsaw Pass8 mi
- Piute Pass9 mi
- Tunemah Pass9 mi
- Potluck Pass9 mi
- Scepter Pass10 mi