Palmdale 8SSE RAWSLPDC1
A remote fire weather station/2.2 mi away/2,951 ft/258 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Soledad Pass
Soledad Pass, California
Mountain pass in Los Angeles County, California, at 3,209 ft...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Updates include adding the following areas to the previous Red Flag Warnings - Ojai, Casitas, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will peak around Friday then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will persist and dry out any effects of the recent rains. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Thursday through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties for Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 70 mph, strongest through Friday afternoon when isolated gusts of 70 to 90 mph are possible. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 10 to 25 percent common. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
69°
82°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 69°·Strong breeze 25 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Soledad Pass until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Soledad Pass is 69° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the east-northeast at 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° 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 78°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 61°. Rain is likely Wednesday (52%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 47 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:38 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
23%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
69feels69
25mph
Today
Oct 15
8254
49mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7860
47mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7759
38mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7757
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7858
23mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6752
46%
23mph
Wed
Oct 21
6148
52%
69°
82°54°
78°60°
77°59°
77°57°
78°58°
67°52°
61°48°
As of 8:00 PM in Soledad Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Soledad Pass
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Antelope Vly (CA), 11 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone36Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 53FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Soledad Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Soledad Pass, the next 46 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
- 3,209 ft
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.5067° N
- Longitude
- 118.1123° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Soledad Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station KJ6TAGKJ6TAG
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/2,640 ft/569 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PalmdatePMD
At an airfield/8.6 mi away/2,539 ft/670 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR-2 - Wrightwood Fire StationCF139
Beside a road/29.3 mi away/5,921 ft/2,712 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
PalmdalePMDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/2,599 ft/610 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Acton 4.4 NWCA-LA-80
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/3,451 ft/242 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Soledad Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Actoncommunity, 4 mi
- Palmdalecity, 5 mi
- Desert View Highlandscommunity, 6 mi
- Littlerockcommunity, 7 mi
- Sun Villagecommunity, 10 mi
- Quartz Hillcommunity, 12 mi
- Agua Dulcecommunity, 12 mi
- Lancastercity, 13 mi
- Leona Valleycommunity, 13 mi
- Lake Los Angelescommunity, 18 mi
- Green Valleycommunity, 18 mi
- Elizabeth Lakecommunity, 19 mi
Mountain passes near Soledad Pass
- Godde Pass10 mi
- Newcomb Pass20 mi
- Fremont Pass25 mi
- San Fernando Pass25 mi
- Cahuenga Pass30 mi
- Coyote Pass31 mi
- Santa Susana Pass34 mi
- Pioneer Pass35 mi