At an airfield/4.3 mi away/384 ft/205 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Sweetwater Pass
Sweetwater Pass, California
Mountain pass in San Diego County, California, at 589 ft* WHAT...For eastern portions of the valleys, northeast to east winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 45 to 55 mph expected, locally higher up to 70 mph near mountain foothills. For the western valleys, more localized wind gusts 35 to 45 mph. Strongest and most widespread winds will be on Friday. * WHERE...San Diego County Valleys. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Winds will become easterly on Saturday.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
71°
91°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light breeze 5 mph NNE
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Sweetwater Pass until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sweetwater Pass is 71° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 67° by 5 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 92°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 71°. Rain is likely Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Tuesday (48%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 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 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
35%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9159
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9266
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8870
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8864
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8264
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7362
48%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7159
69%
71°
91°59°
92°66°
88°70°
88°64°
82°64°
73°62°
71°59°
As of 9:00 PM in Sweetwater Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Sweetwater Pass
Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Mesa and Inland Valley (CA), 8 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good1.1 mi
- Ozone30Good18 ppb1.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good1.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 42FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sweetwater Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Sweetwater Pass, the next 45 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
- 589 ft
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 32.7756° N
- Longitude
- 116.9286° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Sweetwater Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW9965EW9965
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.0 mi away/620 ft/31 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
San Miguel RAWSMIGC1
A remote fire weather station/6.8 mi away/617 ft/28 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
El Cajon 3.2 SECA-SD-127
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/699 ft/110 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
El CajonELJC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/387 ft/202 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Sweetwater Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Rancho San Diegocommunity, 1 mi
- El Cajoncity, 2 mi
- Granite Hillscommunity, 2 mi
- Casa de Oro-Mount Helixcommunity, 3 mi
- Bostoniacommunity, 3 mi
- Crestcommunity, 4 mi
- Winter Gardenscommunity, 4 mi
- Spring Valleycommunity, 4 mi
- Jamulcommunity, 4 mi
- Lakesidecommunity, 6 mi
- La Mesacity, 6 mi
- Santeecity, 6 mi
Mountain passes near Sweetwater Pass
- Eucalyptus Pass3 mi
- Foot and Walker Pass35 mi
- Yaqui Pass42 mi
- Sweeney Pass44 mi
- Buttes Pass50 mi
- Alcoholic Pass52 mi
- Bernasconi Pass75 mi
- San Gorgonio Pass80 mi