Green MtnGRMC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.2 mi away/7,904 ft/2,817 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Post Peak Pass
Post Peak Pass, California
Mountain pass in Madera County, California, at 10,721 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.
37°
58°/30°
Clear·
Feels like 28°·Moderate breeze 14 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Post Peak Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Post Peak Pass is 37° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 16°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 14 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° 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 58°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 33°. Rain is likely Tuesday (59%) and Wednesday (60%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
44Air quality
41%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
37feels28
14mph
Today
Oct 15
5830
17mph
UV 8
Fri
Oct 16
5831
14mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5530
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5329
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
4727
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
3522
59%
Wed
Oct 21
3320
60%
37°
58°30°
58°31°
55°30°
53°29°
47°27°
35°22°
33°20°
As of 10:00 PM in Post Peak Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Post Peak Pass
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Yosemite National Park (CA), 21 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
- Ozone44Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 60, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 60YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Post Peak 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 Post Peak 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
- 10,721 ft
- County
- Madera County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.6305° N
- Longitude
- 119.3287° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Post Peak Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Beside a road/19.9 mi away/8,031 ft/2,690 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/26.8 mi away/7,129 ft/3,592 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Doe RidgeS2191
At a soil climate station/27.5 mi away/7,340 ft/3,381 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/28.1 mi away/6,620 ft/4,101 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW0353GW0353
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.5 mi away/6,917 ft/3,804 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Yosemite Park HeadquartersYPQC1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.5 mi away/4,029 ft/6,692 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mammoth Lakes 1.5 NECA-MN-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.4 mi away/7,893 ft/2,828 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Post Peak Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- June Mountainski area, 16 mi
- Yosemite Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- Mammoth Mountainsurveyed ski area, 16 mi
- June Lakecommunity, 17 mi
- Yosemitefeature, 18 mi
- Wawonacommunity, 18 mi
- Mammoth Lakestown, 20 mi
- Fish Campcommunity, 20 mi
- Yosemite Westcommunity, 21 mi
- Forestacommunity, 23 mi
- Bass Lakecommunity, 25 mi
- Lee Viningcommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Post Peak Pass
- Isberg Passunder 1 mi
- Fernandez Pass4 mi
- Red Peak Pass4 mi
- Merced Pass6 mi
- Chiquito Pass9 mi
- Donohue Pass10 mi
- Buena Vista Pass10 mi
- Vogelsang Pass10 mi