Thunder Basin SnotelTHBW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.2 mi away/4,320 ft/1,074 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Cascade Pass
Cascade Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Chelan County, Washington, at 5,394 ft40°
59°/31°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 35°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 92% around 6 AM.
Now. Cascade Pass is 40° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph, gusting to 18 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 60°, and the coolest Saturday, near 44°. Rain is likely tomorrow (52%) and Saturday (95%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 23°.
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 10 hours 52 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
27Air quality
57%Humidity
49%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
40feels35
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
5931
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6034
52%
Sat
Oct 17
4435
95%
Sun
Oct 18
4623
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4427
13%
Tue
Oct 20
4626
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4826
12%
40°
59°31°
60°34°
44°35°
46°23°
44°27°
46°26°
48°26°
As of 9:00 PM in Cascade Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Cascade Pass
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Darrington (WA), 21 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 33FriOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cascade 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 Cascade Pass, the next 45 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sat 9 AM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 5,394 ft
- County
- Chelan County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.4679° N
- Longitude
- 121.0601° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Cascade Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/18.1 mi away/407 ft/4,987 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
NewhalemNWMW1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.8 mi away/787 ft/4,607 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Marblemount 2.1 NEWA-SG-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.8 mi away/351 ft/5,043 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 Newhalem (NWMW1), 16.8 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 Cascade Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Marblemountcommunity, 18 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 25 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 28 mi
- Darringtontown, 29 mi
- Concretetown, 32 mi
- Swede Heavencommunity, 33 mi
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 39 mi
- Winthroptown, 40 mi
- Osocommunity, 42 mi
- Verlotcommunity, 42 mi
- Hamiltontown, 43 mi
- Twisptown, 44 mi
Mountain passes near Cascade Pass
- Park Creek Pass5 mi
- Fisher Pass9 mi
- Last Chance Pass12 mi
- Easy Pass12 mi
- Mesahchie Pass13 mi
- Kaiwhat Pass13 mi
- Fourth of July Pass13 mi
- Horsefly Pass13 mi