Trough SpringsS2142
At a soil climate station/1.5 mi away/7,846 ft/155 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Mountain passes/Nevada/Wheeler Pass
Wheeler Pass, Nevada
Mountain pass in Clark County, Nevada, at 7,691 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.
47°
62°/44°
Clear·
Feels like 39°·Fresh breeze 21 mph ENE
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Wheeler Pass until 11 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wheeler Pass is 47° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the east-northeast at 21 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 5 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 61°, and the coolest Thursday, near 46°. Rain is likely Tuesday (59%) and Wednesday (67%). Rain is possible Thursday (47%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:06 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:16 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
9Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
47feels39
21mph
Today
Oct 16
6244
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6146
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
5946
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6045
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
5646
59%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
4842
67%
Thu
Oct 22
4638
47%
47°
62°44°
61°46°
59°46°
60°45°
56°46°
48°42°
46°38°
As of 3:00 AM in Wheeler Pass, Nevada.
Air quality
The air at Wheeler Pass
Index 9, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Pahrump (NV), 16 miles off.
9Good
- Coarse particles (PM10)9Good13.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wheeler Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Wheeler Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,691 ft
- County
- Clark County
- State
- Nevada
- Latitude
- 36.3914° N
- Longitude
- 115.7967° W
What is measuring near here
The 8 instruments nearest Wheeler Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now6 instruments
Charkiln ScanCHAN2
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/6,718 ft/973 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Deer CreekDCRNV
Beside a road/11.0 mi away/8,218 ft/527 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/15.2 mi away/3,133 ft/4,558 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mercury 3 SSW53136
At a climate reference station/20.1 mi away/3,284 ft/4,407 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW5484GW5484
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.1 mi away/3,000 ft/4,691 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Kyle Canyon Town Of Mt CharlestonMCHN2
At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/7,608 ft/83 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Mt Charleston 0.3 ENV-CK-95
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.8 mi away/7,488 ft/203 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.
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Near Wheeler Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lee Canyonski area, 9 mi
- Spring Mountainsfeature, 11 mi
- Mount Charlestoncommunity, 13 mi
- Indian Springscommunity, 14 mi
- Pahrumptown, 18 mi
- Summerlin Southcommunity, 32 mi
- Blue Diamondcommunity, 32 mi
- Spring Valleycommunity, 36 mi
- North Las Vegascity, 37 mi
- Amargosa Valleycommunity, 39 mi
- Las Vegascity, 39 mi
- Sandy Valleycommunity, 40 mi
Mountain passes near Wheeler Pass
- Checkpoint Pass23 mi
- Wildhorse Pass31 mi
- Potosi Pass32 mi
- Cottonwood Pass36 mi
- Wilson Pass39 mi
- Yucca Pass40 mi
- Mormon Pass41 mi
- Sheep Pass41 mi