At an airfield/16.1 mi away/991 ft/1,627 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/California/South Pass
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for South Pass until 11 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 76° after 86° today.
Now. South Pass is 63° and clear at 8 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 16 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 55° by 7 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 76°, and the coolest Thursday, near 66°. Rain is possible Tuesday (49%), Wednesday (44%) and Thursday (42%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:04 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 AM in South Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Jean (NV), 69 miles off.
Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
The 3 instruments nearest South Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 16.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/16.1 mi away/991 ft/1,627 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Essex SCANEXCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.5 mi away/2,644 ft/26 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
EssexS2185
At a soil climate station/20.5 mi away/2,644 ft/26 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
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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.