Slide CanyonSLIC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/9,843 ft/325 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Rock Island Pass
Rock Island Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tuolumne County, California, at 10,168 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.
43°
58°/24°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Light breeze 7 mph ESE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Rock Island Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Rock Island Pass is 43° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 24° by 7 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 57°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 36°. Rain is likely Tuesday (63%) and Wednesday (59%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 23°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
24%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
43feels39
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5824
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
5723
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
5725
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5624
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5023
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
3919
63%
Wed
Oct 21
3616
59%
43°
58°24°
57°23°
57°25°
56°24°
50°23°
39°19°
36°16°
As of 8:00 PM in Rock Island Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Rock Island Pass
Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 21 miles off.
9Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 11, good.
GoodModerate
- 11YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rock Island Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Rock Island Pass, the next 46 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
- 10,168 ft
- County
- Tuolumne County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.0988° N
- Longitude
- 119.4643° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Rock Island Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/15.4 mi away/8,146 ft/2,022 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RancheriaS2236
At a soil climate station/19.1 mi away/7,200 ft/2,968 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/30.9 mi away/6,620 ft/3,548 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Tuolumne MeadowsTLUC1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.7 mi away/8,693 ft/1,475 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mono City 1.9 SWCA-MN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.1 mi away/6,791 ft/3,377 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Tuolumne Meadows (TLUC1), 16.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Rock Island Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Twin Lakescommunity, 7 mi
- Virginia Lakescommunity, 12 mi
- Bridgeporttown, 17 mi
- Mono Citycommunity, 18 mi
- Yosemitefeature, 18 mi
- Lee Viningcommunity, 21 mi
- Yosemite Valleycommunity, 25 mi
- Dodge Ridgeski area, 28 mi
- Walkercommunity, 29 mi
- June Lakecommunity, 30 mi
- Strawberrycommunity, 30 mi
- Forestacommunity, 32 mi
Mountain passes near Rock Island Pass
- Mule Pass1 mi
- Buckeye Pass2 mi
- Burro Pass4 mi
- Seavey Pass5 mi
- Benson Pass6 mi
- Virginia Pass7 mi
- Dorothy Lake Pass9 mi
- Bond Pass9 mi