Buddy AdamsBDAN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/4,589 ft/134 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Nevada/Prospector Pass
Prospector Pass, Nevada
Mountain pass in Nye County, Nevada, at 4,723 ft59°
77°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 59°·Moderate breeze 14 mph N
Now. Prospector Pass is 59° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 14 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 4 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 73°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 58°. Rain is likely Tuesday (56%) and Wednesday (61%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 20 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
39%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
59feels59
14mph
Today
Oct 15
7748
20mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7349
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7249
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7048
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6848
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6450
56%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
5845
61%
59°
77°48°
73°49°
72°49°
70°48°
68°48°
64°50°
58°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Prospector Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Prospector Pass
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Death Valley National Park (CA), 35 miles off.
39Good
- Ozone39Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
- 37TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
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 Prospector 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 Prospector 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
- 4,723 ft
- County
- Nye County
- State
- Nevada
- Latitude
- 36.9708° N
- Longitude
- 116.5912° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Prospector Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
US-95 at Scottys JunctionSJTNV
Beside a road/34.8 mi away/4,085 ft/638 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/39.5 mi away/3,310 ft/1,413 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mercury 3 SSW53136
At a climate reference station/39.8 mi away/3,284 ft/1,439 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily1 instrument
Mercury 3 SSWMRYN2
At a cooperative observer's station/39.6 mi away/3,304 ft/1,419 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Mercury 3 SSW (MRYN2), 39.6 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 Prospector Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Beattycommunity, 10 mi
- Amargosa Valleycommunity, 32 mi
- Indian Springscommunity, 58 mi
- Pahrumptown, 62 mi
- Goldfieldcommunity, 62 mi
- Rachelcommunity, 65 mi
- Lee Canyonski area, 68 mi
- Spring Mountainsfeature, 70 mi
- Mount Charlestoncommunity, 72 mi
- Silver Peakcommunity, 79 mi
- Alamocommunity, 83 mi
- Tonopahtown, 85 mi
Mountain passes near Prospector Pass
- Pinyon Pass7 mi
- Prow Pass7 mi
- Secret Pass8 mi
- Vent Pass10 mi
- Doris Montgomery Pass13 mi
- Steves Pass15 mi
- Ambush Pass16 mi
- Yucca Pass30 mi