Lake LoisLLSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/8,100 ft/438 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Rockbound Pass
Rockbound Pass, California
Mountain pass in El Dorado County, California, at 8,538 ft...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of Sierra Nevada and adjacent Foothills. * TIMING...Until 10 AM PDT Friday. * WINDS...Northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 25 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Daytime humidity 10 to 20% with single digits possible and very poor overnight recoveries. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
44°
60°/33°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Rockbound Pass until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Rockbound Pass is 44° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 12 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 61°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 40°. Rain is likely Tuesday (60%). Rain is possible Wednesday (48%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
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 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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
8Air quality
43%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
44feels38
12mph
Today
Oct 15
6033
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
6132
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6134
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5833
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5232
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
4226
60%
Wed
Oct 21
4024
48%
44°
60°33°
61°32°
61°34°
58°33°
52°32°
42°26°
40°24°
As of 9:00 PM in Rockbound Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Rockbound Pass
Index 8, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, South Lake Tahoe (CA), 10 miles off.
8Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-18.6 mi
- Ozone-41 ppb18.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)8Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 6, good.
GoodModerate
- 6YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Rockbound 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 Rockbound Pass, the next 45 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
- 8,538 ft
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.9021° N
- Longitude
- 120.2010° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Rockbound Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station EW3758EW3758
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/6,279 ft/2,259 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/11.1 mi away/7,382 ft/1,156 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/11.1 mi away/6,263 ft/2,275 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Tahoma .5 SCA-ED-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.6 mi away/6,316 ft/2,222 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Tahoma CaTAAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/6,315 ft/2,223 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 Tahoma Ca (TAAC1), 11.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Rockbound Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Sierra-at-Tahoeski area, 9 mi
- Meyerscommunity, 11 mi
- Tahomacommunity, 12 mi
- South Lake Tahoecity, 12 mi
- Homewoodski area, 13 mi
- Heavenlysurveyed ski area, 14 mi
- Kirkwoodcommunity, 16 mi
- Kirkwoodsurveyed ski area, 17 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 18 mi
- Palisades Tahoesurveyed ski area, 20 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 20 mi
- Cedar Flatcommunity, 22 mi
Mountain passes near Rockbound Pass
- Mosquito Pass3 mi
- Dicks Pass4 mi
- Phipps Pass5 mi
- Johnson Pass11 mi
- Barker Pass12 mi
- Luther Pass16 mi
- Armstrong Pass16 mi
- Carson Pass18 mi