Kaiser PointKSPC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.2 mi away/9,229 ft/271 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Potter Pass
Potter Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 8,958 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.
44°
67°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 11 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Potter Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Potter Pass is 44° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 18°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 63° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 3 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 64°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 43°. Rain is likely Tuesday (62%), Wednesday (72%) and Thursday (53%). The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:26 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
55%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
44feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6739
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6440
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6139
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5736
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4734
62%
Wed
Oct 21
4331
72%
Thu
Oct 22
4329
53%
44°
67°39°
64°40°
61°39°
57°36°
47°34°
43°31°
43°29°
As of 2:00 AM in Potter Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Potter Pass
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 41 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Potter Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Potter Pass, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 8,958 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.2872° N
- Longitude
- 119.1407° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Potter Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SR-203 - US-395CF155
Beside a road/27.3 mi away/7,339 ft/1,619 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/28.6 mi away/7,129 ft/1,829 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.0 mi away/7,002 ft/1,956 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Doe RidgeS2191
At a soil climate station/29.5 mi away/7,340 ft/1,618 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
North Fork 1.3 SECA-MA-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.7 mi away/2,756 ft/6,202 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/20.5 mi away/2,651 ft/6,307 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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.
Big Bear Mountainski areaBishopcityBridgeporttownChina Peakski areaDodge Ridgeski areaDonner PassfeatureFresnocityHeavenlysurveyed ski areaHomewoodski areaJune Mountainski areaKirkwoodsurveyed ski areaLos AngelescityMammoth LakestownMammoth Mountainsurveyed ski areaMount ShastafeatureMount Shasta CitycityMount Shasta Ski Parkski areaMount WhitneyfeatureMountain Highski areaNorthstarsurveyed ski areaPalisades Tahoesurveyed ski areaReddingcitySacramentocitySan DiegocitySan FranciscocitySierra NevadafeatureSierra-at-Tahoeski areaSnow Valleyski areaSouth Lake TahoecitySugar Bowlski areaSusanvillecityTruckeetownYosemitefeature
Near Potter Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Big Creekcommunity, 8 mi
- Shaver Lakecommunity, 18 mi
- North Forkcommunity, 21 mi
- Bass Lakecommunity, 23 mi
- Auberrycommunity, 24 mi
- Mammoth Mountainsurveyed ski area, 24 mi
- Mammoth Lakestown, 26 mi
- Oakhurstcommunity, 27 mi
- McGee Creekcommunity, 28 mi
- Crowley Lakecommunity, 29 mi
- Aspen Springscommunity, 30 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 30 mi
Mountain passes near Potter Pass
- Kaiser Pass2 mi
- Hot Springs Pass10 mi
- Thompson Pass12 mi
- Selden Pass15 mi
- Shuteye Pass15 mi
- Goodale Pass16 mi
- Silver Pass17 mi
- Mosquito Pass17 mi