Morse Lake SnotelMRSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/1.9 mi away/5,410 ft/559 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Blue Bell Pass
Blue Bell Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Pierce County, Washington, at 5,969 ft41°
59°/39°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 35°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 6 AM (61%).
Now. Blue Bell Pass is 41° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 46°, and the coolest Monday, near 39°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%). Rain is possible Thursday (35%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 25°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:55 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 53 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
76%Humidity
41%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
41feels35
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
5939
16%
Sat
Oct 17
4234
64%
Sun
Oct 18
4425
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
3928
15%
Tue
Oct 20
4227
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4628
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
3929
35%
41°
59°39°
42°34°
44°25°
39°28°
42°27°
46°28°
39°29°
As of 1:00 AM in Blue Bell Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Blue Bell Pass
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Cascades of East King County (WA), 27 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.
GoodModerate
- 15YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blue Bell Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Blue Bell Pass, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 4 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 5,969 ft
- County
- Pierce County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 46.9260° N
- Longitude
- 121.4551° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Blue Bell Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
White PassTWHIT
Beside a road/20.1 mi away/4,478 ft/1,491 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/24.9 mi away/3,967 ft/2,002 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW2316FW2316
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.9 mi away/753 ft/5,216 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rainier Paradise Ranger STNASFW1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.7 mi away/5,436 ft/533 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Cle Elum 7.5 WWA-KT-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.4 mi away/2,355 ft/3,614 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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 Blue Bell Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Crystal Mountainsurveyed ski area, 1 mi
- Mount Rainierfeature, 15 mi
- Greenwatercommunity, 18 mi
- Cliffdellcommunity, 19 mi
- White Passski area, 20 mi
- Packwoodcommunity, 24 mi
- Nilecommunity, 25 mi
- Eastoncommunity, 25 mi
- Ashfordcommunity, 29 mi
- Ronaldcommunity, 29 mi
- South Cle Elumtown, 30 mi
- Roslyncity, 30 mi
Mountain passes near Blue Bell Pass
- Scout Pass2 mi
- Hayden Pass3 mi
- Chinook Pass5 mi
- Cayuse Pass6 mi
- Corral Pass6 mi
- Carlton Pass12 mi
- Naches Pass12 mi
- Saint Elmo Pass13 mi