Sky Valley - Wilson CanyonWCYC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.6 mi away/3,405 ft/1,066 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Sheep Hole Pass
Now. Sheep Hole Pass is 68° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 80°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:29 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Sheep Hole Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 40, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Joshua Tree National Park (CA), 40 miles off.
Yesterday measured 43, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 5 instruments nearest Sheep Hole Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Sky Valley - Wilson CanyonWCYC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.6 mi away/3,405 ft/1,066 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/25.6 mi away/2,054 ft/285 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Desert CenterS2183
At a soil climate station/37.9 mi away/556 ft/1,783 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Twentynine Palms 10.5 ECA-SR-88
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.7 mi away/1,477 ft/862 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Twentynine PalmsTYEC1
At a cooperative observer's station/19.4 mi away/1,972 ft/367 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.