MeadowbrookMBKC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.8 mi away/8,204 ft/1,806 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Scepter Pass
Scepter Pass, California
Mountain pass in Fresno County, California, at 10,010 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.
38°
61°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 30°·Gentle breeze 12 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Scepter Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Scepter Pass is 38° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 30°. The dew point is 13°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 57° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 59°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 39°. Rain is likely Tuesday (62%) and Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible Thursday (48%). The first freeze could come Tuesday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
35%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
38feels30
12mph
Today
Oct 16
6132
13mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
5935
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
5935
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
5533
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4629
62%
Wed
Oct 21
3925
70%
Thu
Oct 22
4022
48%
38°
61°32°
59°35°
59°35°
55°33°
46°29°
39°25°
40°22°
As of 2:00 AM in Scepter Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Scepter Pass
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Bishop (CA), 32 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 40 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Scepter 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 Scepter Pass, the next 40 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
- 10,010 ft
- County
- Fresno County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.0472° N
- Longitude
- 118.8343° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Scepter Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/34.3 mi away/4,144 ft/5,866 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - WindmillCF159
Beside a road/35.4 mi away/6,879 ft/3,131 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW5813GW5813
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.8 mi away/7,002 ft/3,008 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bishop CreekASDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.2 mi away/8,750 ft/1,260 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Miramonte 2.2 ESECA-FR-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.5 mi away/3,523 ft/6,487 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 Bishop Creek (ASDC1), 18.2 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 Scepter Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wilsoniacommunity, 23 mi
- Big Creekcommunity, 25 mi
- Shaver Lakecommunity, 27 mi
- Hartlandcommunity, 28 mi
- Round Valleycommunity, 28 mi
- Wilkersoncommunity, 29 mi
- Mesacommunity, 30 mi
- West Bishopcommunity, 31 mi
- Big Pinecommunity, 31 mi
- Squaw Valleycommunity, 31 mi
- Paradisecommunity, 32 mi
- Dixon Lane-MeadowCreekcommunity, 32 mi
Mountain passes near Scepter Pass
- Crown Pass1 mi
- Chuck Pass3 mi
- Coyote Pass6 mi
- Hell for Sure Pass7 mi
- Mosquito Pass10 mi
- Muir Pass10 mi
- Tunemah Pass10 mi
- Thompson Pass12 mi