Mineral King - Farewall GapFGOC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/10,162 ft/1,287 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Shotgun Pass
Shotgun Pass, California
Mountain pass in Tulare County, California, at 11,449 ft...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR CENTRAL SIERRA, NORTH KINGS RIVER, SEQUOIA KINGS, LAKE ISABELLA, TEHACHAPI AREA, AND FORT TEJON... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 592, 593, 594, and 595. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS...East winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 14 to 45 percent. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning. A Red Flag Warning is issued when we identify weather conditions that promote rapid spread of fire which may become life-threatening. This does not mean there is a fire. These conditions are either occurring now or will begin soon. It is important to have multiple ways to receive information from authorities.
55°
60°/32°
Clear·
Feels like 55°·Moderate breeze 17 mph E
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Shotgun Pass until 10 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Shotgun Pass is 55° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 12°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° 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 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 60°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 38°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (77%). Rain is possible Thursday (45%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:27 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
6UV Moderate
34Air quality
18%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
55feels55
17mph
Today
Oct 16
6032
20mph
UV 8
Sat
Oct 17
6030
UV 8
Sun
Oct 18
5730
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
5229
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
4326
57%
Wed
Oct 21
3823
77%
Thu
Oct 22
3920
45%
UV 7
55°
60°32°
60°30°
57°30°
52°29°
43°26°
38°23°
39°20°
As of 11:00 AM in Shotgun Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Shotgun Pass
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (CA), 17 miles off.
34Good
- Ozone34Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- 46TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shotgun Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Shotgun Pass, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 11,449 ft
- County
- Tulare County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.3900° N
- Longitude
- 118.5370° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Shotgun Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/25.3 mi away/5,230 ft/6,219 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/30.4 mi away/3,688 ft/7,761 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - Sage FlatCF152
Beside a road/33.6 mi away/3,959 ft/7,490 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station FW1241FW1241
In a volunteer observer's own ground/35.0 mi away/374 ft/11,075 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Three Rivers 16.3 ECA-TL-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/7,536 ft/3,913 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ash MountainASHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.5 mi away/1,650 ft/9,799 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
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Shotgun Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Silver Citycommunity, 8 mi
- Sequoia Crestcommunity, 15 mi
- Cedar Slopecommunity, 17 mi
- Camp Nelsoncommunity, 18 mi
- Pierpointcommunity, 18 mi
- Sierra Nevadafeature, 19 mi
- Mount Whitneyfeature, 19 mi
- Ponderosacommunity, 20 mi
- Three Riverscommunity, 20 mi
- Springvillecommunity, 24 mi
- Lemon Covecommunity, 27 mi
- Cartagocommunity, 29 mi
Mountain passes near Shotgun Pass
- Franklin Pass2 mi
- Coyote Pass5 mi
- Sawtooth Pass5 mi
- Glacier Pass5 mi
- Black Rock Pass7 mi
- Right Stringer Pass11 mi
- Saddle Camp Pass12 mi
- Triple Divide Pass14 mi