Mount WilsonMWS
At an airfield/2.3 mi away/5,705 ft/1,623 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Newcomb Pass
High Wind Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Newcomb Pass until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Newcomb Pass is 65° and clear at 6 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 16 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 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 78°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 58°. Rain is likely Tuesday (51%) and Wednesday (67%). Rain is possible Thursday (36%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 AM in Newcomb Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, W San Gabriel Vly (CA), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 6 instruments nearest Newcomb Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Mount WilsonMWS
At an airfield/2.3 mi away/5,705 ft/1,623 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mt. Wilson CbsMWSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/5,472 ft/1,390 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW6409EW6409
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.3 mi away/1,216 ft/2,866 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SR-2 - Wrightwood Fire StationCF139
Beside a road/24.4 mi away/5,921 ft/1,839 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mt. Wilson CbsMWSC1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/5,472 ft/1,390 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Arcadia 2.1 NNECA-LA-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/652 ft/3,430 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mt. Wilson Cbs (MWSC1), 2.5 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 23:59. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.