Pine Nut ScanNUTN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/19.0 mi away/6,770 ft/1,729 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Nevada/Sheep Pass
Sheep Pass, Nevada
Mountain pass in Clark County, Nevada, at 5,041 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.
52°
74°/47°
Clear·
Feels like 52°·Moderate breeze 18 mph NNE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Sheep Pass until 11 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Sheep Pass is 52° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north-northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 71°, and the coolest Thursday, near 59°. Rain is likely Wednesday (58%). Rain is possible Tuesday (49%) and Thursday (41%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:03 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:12 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.
0UV Low
34Air quality
27%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
52feels52
18mph
Today
Oct 16
7447
18mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7146
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7045
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7045
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6646
49%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6042
58%
Thu
Oct 22
5938
41%
52°
74°47°
71°46°
70°45°
70°45°
66°46°
60°42°
59°38°
As of 12:00 AM in Sheep Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Sheep Pass
Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Las Vegas (NV), 44 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone34Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- ModerateSunOct 18
- ModerateMonOct 19
- ModerateTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sheep Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Sheep Pass, the next 42 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
- 5,041 ft
- County
- Clark County
- State
- Nevada
- Latitude
- 36.8377° N
- Longitude
- 115.2981° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Sheep Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 19.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Pine NutS2144
At a soil climate station/19.0 mi away/6,780 ft/1,739 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/27.1 mi away/3,133 ft/1,908 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW3806FW3806
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.5 mi away/2,432 ft/2,609 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-15 SB at US-93APXNV
Beside a road/38.7 mi away/2,215 ft/2,826 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Las Vegas - Corn Creek DesertDNWN2
At a cooperative observer's station/27.8 mi away/2,922 ft/2,119 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Moapa 7.2 WNWNV-CK-41
In a volunteer observer's own ground/33.2 mi away/1,763 ft/3,278 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Sheep Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Indian Springscommunity, 28 mi
- Alamocommunity, 37 mi
- Moapa Towncommunity, 40 mi
- Lee Canyonski area, 41 mi
- North Las Vegascity, 41 mi
- Nellis AFBcommunity, 43 mi
- Mount Charlestoncommunity, 44 mi
- Spring Mountainsfeature, 45 mi
- Las Vegascity, 47 mi
- Sunrise Manorcommunity, 48 mi
- Summerlin Southcommunity, 49 mi
- Winchestercommunity, 49 mi
Mountain passes near Sheep Pass
- Mormon Pass18 mi
- Wildhorse Pass19 mi
- Medsger Pass28 mi
- Checkpoint Pass39 mi
- Wheeler Pass41 mi
- Yucca Pass42 mi
- Groom Pass46 mi
- Logan Pass55 mi