Emory Pass, New Mexico

Mountain pass in Sierra County, New Mexico, at 8,187 ft

45° 60°/35°

Clear· Feels like 36°·Fresh breeze 23 mph ENE

Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Emory Pass until 12 AM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 50° after 60° today.

Now. Emory Pass is 45° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 23 mph, gusting to 40 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 60°, and the coolest Saturday, near 49°. Rain is likely Tuesday (54%) and Wednesday (56%). Rain is possible Monday (36%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 24 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 30°.

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

5Air quality

33%Humidity

0%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

45feels36

23mph

Today

Oct 15

6035

23mph

UV 8

Fri

Oct 16

5035

24mph

UV 8

Sat

Oct 17

4930

14mph

UV 7

Sun

Oct 18

5734

15%

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

6040

36%

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

5943

54%

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

5844

56%

45°

60°35°

50°35°

49°30°

57°34°

60°40°

59°43°

58°44°

As of 11:00 PM in Emory Pass, New Mexico.

Air quality

The air at Emory Pass

Index 5, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Deming (NM), 45 miles off.

5Good

Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 8, good.

GoodModerate

8YesterdayOct 14

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Emory 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 Emory Pass, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

Mountain pass

Height: 8,187 ft
County: Sierra County
State: New Mexico
Latitude: 32.9101° N
Longitude: 107.7667° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Emory Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mcknight Cabin SnotelMCKN5

A snow pillow on a mountain/9.0 mi away/9,240 ft/1,053 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW7871GW7871

In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.1 mi away/6,229 ft/1,958 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Silver City/GrantSVC

At an airfield/29.5 mi away/5,443 ft/2,744 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

KingstonNM-SR-47