Elbow Lake SnotelELSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/3.8 mi away/3,040 ft/1,946 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Baker Pass
Baker Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 4,986 ft42°
60°/41°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 38°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 89% around 6 AM.
Now. Baker Pass is 42° and partly cloudy at 5 AM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 49°, and the coolest Monday, near 44°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%) and Thursday (50%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:47 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 day is 10 hours 48 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
47%Humidity
53%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
42feels38
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
6041
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
4640
93%
Sun
Oct 18
4530
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4433
12%
Tue
Oct 20
4632
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4933
10%
Thu
Oct 22
4435
50%
42°
60°41°
46°40°
45°30°
44°33°
46°32°
49°33°
44°35°
As of 5:00 AM in Baker Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Baker Pass
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 28 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 33, good.
GoodModerate
- 33YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Baker Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 Baker Pass, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 4,986 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.7251° N
- Longitude
- 121.8440° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Baker Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station FW8870FW8870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/194 ft/4,792 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/22.4 mi away/407 ft/4,579 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Lake Samish Park And RideTSAMI
Beside a road/25.5 mi away/538 ft/4,448 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/31.7 mi away/144 ft/4,842 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Upper Baker DamUBKW1
At a dam/8.5 mi away/719 ft/4,267 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Glacier 0.1 SWWA-WC-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.3 mi away/908 ft/4,078 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 Upper Baker Dam (UBKW1), 8.5 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 06:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Washington
23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
BellinghamcityBluewoodski areaCrystal Mountainsurveyed ski areaEverettcityLeavenworthcityLoup Loupski areaMount RainierfeatureMt. Bakersurveyed ski areaNorth Cascades National ParkfeatureOlympiacityOlympic MountainsfeaturePuget SoundfeatureSeattlecitySnoqualmie PassfeatureSpokanecityStevens PassfeatureStevens Passsurveyed ski areaTacomacityThe Summit at Snoqualmiesurveyed ski areaWenatcheecityWhite Passski areaWinthroptownYakimacity
Near Baker Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Glaciercommunity, 12 mi
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 12 mi
- Concretetown, 14 mi
- Hamiltontown, 16 mi
- Acmecommunity, 17 mi
- Lymantown, 17 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 17 mi
- Demingcommunity, 19 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 19 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 20 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 21 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 21 mi
Mountain passes near Baker Pass
- Bell Pass2 mi
- Coal Pass8 mi
- Austin Pass11 mi
- Lyman Pass14 mi
- Excelsior Pass15 mi
- Welcome Pass15 mi
- Phantom Pass17 mi
- Mamie Pass18 mi