Walker Pass GOESONYC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/5,472 ft/205 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/California/Walker Pass
Walker Pass, California
Mountain pass in Kern County, California, at 5,267 ft* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zone 592 Central Sierra.Fire weather zone 593 North Kings River.Fire weather zone 594 Sequoia Kings.Fire weather zone 595 Lake Isabella. * WIND...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS EXPECTED. A 70 TO 90 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON THURSDAY. A 40 TO 60 PERCENT PROBABILITY OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH ON FRIDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15-25 PERCENT BOTH DAYS. * THUNDERSTORMS...NO THUNDERSTORM THREAT. * HIGHEST THREAT...IS LOCATED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 4,000 UP TO THE CREST OF THE SIERRA NEVADA. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
62°
76°/50°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Fresh breeze 23 mph NE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Walker Pass until 10 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Walker Pass is 62° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northeast at 23 mph, gusting to 37 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 56° 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 72°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 54°. Rain is likely Wednesday (56%). Rain is possible Tuesday (40%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
62feels62
23mph
Today
Oct 15
7650
26mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7256
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7054
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7050
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7150
14mph
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6146
40%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
5442
56%
62°
76°50°
72°56°
70°54°
70°50°
71°50°
61°46°
54°42°
As of 11:00 PM in Walker Pass, California.
Air quality
The air at Walker Pass
Index 6, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Coso Junction (CA), 27 miles off.
6Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 9, good.
GoodModerate
- 9YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Walker Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Walker Pass, the next 43 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
- 5,267 ft
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.6624° N
- Longitude
- 118.0267° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Walker Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SR-14 - InyoKernCF164
Beside a road/8.2 mi away/3,018 ft/2,249 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Chimney CreekS2240
At a soil climate station/12.1 mi away/5,680 ft/413 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.8 mi away/2,388 ft/2,879 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/18.9 mi away/2,283 ft/2,984 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Inyokern 9.4 WSWCA-KN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/4,319 ft/948 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mountain Mesa - South Lake FireWSLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.8 mi away/2,662 ft/2,605 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
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Near Walker Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Onyxcommunity, 11 mi
- Inyokerncommunity, 12 mi
- Pearsonvillecommunity, 13 mi
- China Lake Acrescommunity, 15 mi
- Weldoncommunity, 17 mi
- Ridgecrest Heightscommunity, 19 mi
- Ridgecrestcity, 20 mi
- Mountain Mesacommunity, 21 mi
- Squirrel Mountain Valleycommunity, 22 mi
- Kernvillecommunity, 24 mi
- Kennedy Meadowscommunity, 24 mi
- Wofford Heightscommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Walker Pass
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- Hamp Williams Pass27 mi
- Sherman Pass30 mi
- Portuguese Pass33 mi
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