Eagle Creek near FairviewEGCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/7,225 ft/768 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Parker Pass
Parker Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tulare County, California, at 6,457 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.
45°
73°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 41°·Gentle breeze 8 mph N
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Parker Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Parker Pass is 45° and clear at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 8 mph, gusting to 18 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 4 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 71°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 50°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (66%). Rain is possible Thursday (34%). The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:29 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
57%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
45feels41
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7341
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7140
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6939
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6538
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
5434
50%
Wed
Oct 21
5030
66%
Thu
Oct 22
5028
34%
45°
73°41°
71°40°
69°39°
65°38°
54°34°
50°30°
50°28°
As of 1:00 AM in Parker Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Parker Pass
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 38 miles off.
39Good
- Ozone39Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 47, good.
GoodModerate
- 47YesterdayOct 15
- 46TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Parker Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Parker Pass, the next 41 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
- 6,457 ft
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.9572° N
- Longitude
- 118.6309° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Parker Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Beside a road/23.5 mi away/456 ft/6,001 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PortervillePTV
At an airfield/24.6 mi away/436 ft/6,021 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Chimney CreekS2240
At a soil climate station/34.4 mi away/5,680 ft/777 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Citizen station FW1241FW1241
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.6 mi away/374 ft/6,083 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
GlennvilleGNNC1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/3,228 ft/3,229 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Springville 7.0 NECA-TL-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.4 mi away/4,631 ft/1,826 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
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Near Parker Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- California Hot Springscommunity, 5 mi
- Pine Flatcommunity, 6 mi
- Sugarloaf Saw Millcommunity, 9 mi
- Sugarloaf Villagecommunity, 9 mi
- McClenney Tractcommunity, 9 mi
- Poso Parkcommunity, 10 mi
- Panorama Heightscommunity, 10 mi
- Idlewildcommunity, 10 mi
- Poseycommunity, 11 mi
- Ponderosacommunity, 12 mi
- Camp Nelsoncommunity, 12 mi
- Pierpointcommunity, 12 mi
Mountain passes near Parker Pass
- Bull Run Pass9 mi
- Portuguese Pass11 mi
- Sherman Pass15 mi
- Sirretta Pass17 mi
- Basket Pass21 mi
- Bakeoven Pass24 mi
- Boggys Pass25 mi
- Coyote Pass27 mi