Sherman PeakSPJC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.9 mi away/9,865 ft/735 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Sherman Pass
Sherman Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tulare County, California, at 9,130 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.
41°
62°/37°
Clear·
Feels like 31°·Fresh breeze 24 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Sherman Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sherman Pass is 41° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 17°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northeast at 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 38° 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 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 62°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 43°. Rain is likely Wednesday (73%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%) and Thursday (46%). The first freeze could come Wednesday, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:28 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
10Air quality
37%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
41feels31
24mph
Today
Oct 16
6237
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6237
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6136
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6035
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
5133
49%
Wed
Oct 21
4328
73%
Thu
Oct 22
4325
46%
UV 6
41°
62°37°
62°37°
61°36°
60°35°
51°33°
43°28°
43°25°
As of 2:00 AM in Sherman Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Sherman Pass
Index 10, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Coso Junction (CA), 24 miles off.
10Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 8, good.
GoodModerate
- 8YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sherman 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 Sherman 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
- 9,130 ft
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.9905° N
- Longitude
- 118.3659° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Sherman Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Chimney CreekS2240
At a soil climate station/21.4 mi away/5,680 ft/3,450 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
US-395 - Dunmovin Hill - BaseCF157
Beside a road/23.6 mi away/3,497 ft/5,633 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
PortervillePTV
At an airfield/39.0 mi away/436 ft/8,694 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Onyx 2.8 ENECA-KN-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.6 mi away/3,039 ft/6,091 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mountain Mesa - South Lake FireWSLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/23.8 mi away/2,662 ft/6,468 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
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Near Sherman Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ponderosacommunity, 12 mi
- Kennedy Meadowscommunity, 14 mi
- Cedar Slopecommunity, 16 mi
- Kernvillecommunity, 16 mi
- Camp Nelsoncommunity, 17 mi
- Pine Flatcommunity, 17 mi
- Sugarloaf Saw Millcommunity, 18 mi
- California Hot Springscommunity, 18 mi
- Pierpointcommunity, 18 mi
- Sugarloaf Villagecommunity, 19 mi
- Panorama Heightscommunity, 19 mi
- McClenney Tractcommunity, 20 mi
Mountain passes near Sherman Pass
- Sirretta Pass5 mi
- Bakeoven Pass9 mi
- Boggys Pass14 mi
- Parker Pass15 mi
- Bull Run Pass16 mi
- Portuguese Pass18 mi
- Haiwee Pass19 mi
- Olancha Pass21 mi