Cottonwood LakesCWDC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/10,236 ft/256 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Trail Pass
Now. Trail Pass is 52° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 15°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 12 mph, gusting to 25 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 31° 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 61°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 40°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (77%). Rain is possible Thursday (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 AM in Trail Pass, California.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Owens Lake (CA), 12 miles off.
Yesterday measured 11, 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 10 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 6 instruments nearest Trail Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Cottonwood LakesCWDC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/10,236 ft/256 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Alabama HillsS2237
At a soil climate station/9.6 mi away/5,230 ft/5,262 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Lone PineO26
At an airfield/13.2 mi away/3,688 ft/6,804 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-395 - Sage FlatCF152
Beside a road/18.8 mi away/3,959 ft/6,533 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Three Rivers 16.3 ECA-TL-18
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.2 mi away/7,536 ft/2,956 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Ash MountainASHC1
At a cooperative observer's station/36.4 mi away/1,650 ft/8,842 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.