Pigtail Peak SnotelPGPW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/6.6 mi away/5,800 ft/886 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Elk Pass
Elk Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Lewis County, Washington, at 6,686 ft37°
57°/33°
Clear·
Feels like 33°·Light breeze 5 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 6 AM (56%).
Now. Elk Pass is 37° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. Air quality is moderate (index 52): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 61°, and the coolest Monday, near 39°. Rain is likely Saturday (65%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 23°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 57 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
52Air quality
57%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
37feels33
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5733
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6135
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
4134
65%
Sun
Oct 18
4623
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
3927
14%
Tue
Oct 20
4326
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4626
mostly clear day
37°
57°33°
61°35°
41°34°
46°23°
39°27°
43°26°
46°26°
As of 11:00 PM in Elk Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Elk Pass
Index 52, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Yakima (WA), 45 miles off.
52Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)52Moderate-
- Ozone-46 ppb21.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elk Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Elk Pass, the next 43 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.6 miles Sat 11 AM, under a mile for 5 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 6,686 ft
- County
- Lewis County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 46.5387° N
- Longitude
- 121.4554° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Elk Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
White PassTWHIT
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/4,478 ft/2,208 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station KK7GO-7KK7GO-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/38.5 mi away/1,358 ft/5,328 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rainier Paradise Ranger STNASFW1
At a cooperative observer's station/21.8 mi away/5,436 ft/1,250 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Randle 1.4 EWA-LW-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.5 mi away/903 ft/5,783 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 Elk Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- White Passski area, 8 mi
- Packwoodcommunity, 11 mi
- Mount Rainierfeature, 26 mi
- Crystal Mountainsurveyed ski area, 27 mi
- Tampicocommunity, 28 mi
- Ashfordcommunity, 31 mi
- Nilecommunity, 32 mi
- Cliffdellcommunity, 32 mi
- Tietoncity, 35 mi
- White Swancommunity, 36 mi
- Cowichecommunity, 36 mi
- Mineralcommunity, 37 mi
Mountain passes near Elk Pass
- Tieton Pass2 mi
- Cispus Pass4 mi
- White Pass8 mi
- Cowlitz Pass12 mi
- Dry Creek Pass12 mi
- Carlton Pass15 mi
- Silver Creek Pass19 mi
- Cayuse Pass23 mi