Mercury 3SSWMRYN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.8 mi away/3,284 ft/872 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Nevada/Checkpoint Pass
Checkpoint Pass, Nevada
Mountain pass in Nye County, Nevada, at 4,156 ft* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Southern Owens Valley, Northwest Plateau, Hualapai Mountains, Northwest Deserts, Death Valley National Park, Western Clark and Southern Nye County, Sheep Range, and Spring Mountains-Red Rock Canyon. * WHEN...Until 11 AM PDT /11 AM MST/ Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution.
63°
79°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 63°·Fresh breeze 19 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Checkpoint Pass until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Checkpoint Pass is 63° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 19 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 51° by 6 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 76°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 61°. Rain is likely Wednesday (52%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph.
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 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 18 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
24%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
63feels63
19mph
Today
Oct 15
7947
23mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7651
23mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7449
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7248
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7348
12mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6850
47%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
6144
52%
63°
79°47°
76°51°
74°49°
72°48°
73°48°
68°50°
61°44°
As of 10:00 PM in Checkpoint Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Checkpoint Pass
Index 13, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Pahrump (NV), 33 miles off.
13Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)13Good23 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.
GoodModerate
- 10YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Checkpoint 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 Checkpoint Pass, the next 44 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
- 4,156 ft
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Latitude
- 36.6847° N
- Longitude
- 115.9800° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Checkpoint Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Mercury 3 SSW53136
At a climate reference station/5.0 mi away/3,284 ft/872 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/5.2 mi away/3,310 ft/846 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
CharkilnS2145
At a soil climate station/23.7 mi away/6,683 ft/2,527 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Deer CreekDCRNV
Beside a road/32.1 mi away/8,218 ft/4,062 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Mercury 3 SSWMRYN2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.8 mi away/3,304 ft/852 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Pahrump 1.9 NNENV-NY-14
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.2 mi away/2,656 ft/1,500 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mercury 3SSW (MRYN2), 4.8 miles from here, read 8 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Nevada
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Battle MountaintownCarson CitycityDiamond Peakski areaElkocityElycityFalloncityGreat Basin National ParkfeatureHendersoncityIncline VillagetownLas VegascityLaughlintownLee Canyonski areaLovelockcityMount Roseski areaPahrumptownRenocityRuby MountainsfeatureSparkscitySpring MountainsfeatureTonopahtownWest WendovertownWinnemuccacity
Near Checkpoint Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Indian Springscommunity, 19 mi
- Amargosa Valleycommunity, 30 mi
- Lee Canyonski area, 30 mi
- Pahrumptown, 33 mi
- Spring Mountainsfeature, 33 mi
- Mount Charlestoncommunity, 35 mi
- Beattycommunity, 46 mi
- Summerlin Southcommunity, 53 mi
- Blue Diamondcommunity, 54 mi
- North Las Vegascity, 55 mi
- Spring Valleycommunity, 57 mi
- Las Vegascity, 58 mi
Mountain passes near Checkpoint Pass
- Yucca Pass17 mi
- Wheeler Pass23 mi
- Ambush Pass26 mi
- Vent Pass30 mi
- Prow Pass32 mi
- Pinyon Pass33 mi
- Groom Pass35 mi
- Steves Pass36 mi