At a river or reservoir gauge/8.9 mi away/10,407 ft/1,691 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Pinchot Pass
Pinchot Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 12,098 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°
54°/25°
Clear·
Feels like 23°·Moderate breeze 14 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Pinchot Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pinchot Pass is 33° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 5°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 14 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 26° 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 tomorrow, near 52°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 31°. Rain is likely Tuesday (63%) and Wednesday (70%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
31Air quality
30%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
33feels23
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5425
16mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5225
14mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5125
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5126
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
4824
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3720
63%
Wed
Oct 21
3116
70%
33°
54°25°
52°25°
51°25°
51°26°
48°24°
37°20°
31°16°
As of 11:00 PM in Pinchot Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Pinchot Pass
Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 29 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good16.2 mi
- Ozone29Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)30Good16.2 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pinchot Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Pinchot Pass, the next 43 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
- 12,098 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.9364° N
- Longitude
- 118.4124° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Pinchot Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/30.0 mi away/5,230 ft/6,868 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/30.3 mi away/4,144 ft/7,954 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Independence 0.2 NNWCA-IN-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.7 mi away/3,914 ft/8,184 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/22.7 mi away/8,750 ft/3,348 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 Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 22.7 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 Pinchot Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Independencecommunity, 15 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 17 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 23 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 25 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 26 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 29 mi
- Bishopcity, 30 mi
- Lone Pinecommunity, 30 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 31 mi
- Wilsoniacommunity, 33 mi
- Mesacommunity, 34 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 35 mi
Mountain passes near Pinchot Pass
- Taboose Pass3 mi
- Sawmill Pass5 mi
- Cartridge Pass5 mi
- Mather Pass7 mi
- Baxter Pass7 mi
- Southfork Pass9 mi
- Glen Pass10 mi
- Gardiner Pass10 mi