Wells Creek SnotelWCSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.8 mi away/4,030 ft/1,333 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Excelsior Pass
Excelsior Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 5,363 ft47°
62°/45°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 91% around 6 AM.
Now. Excelsior Pass is 47° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 60° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 51°, and the coolest Monday, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%) and Thursday (50%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:45 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
47Air quality
47%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
47feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6245
86%
Sat
Oct 17
4742
91%
Sun
Oct 18
4733
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4636
13%
Tue
Oct 20
4835
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5136
12%
Thu
Oct 22
4638
50%
47°
62°45°
47°42°
47°33°
46°36°
48°35°
51°36°
46°38°
As of 2:00 AM in Excelsior Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Excelsior Pass
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 32 miles off.
47Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
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 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Excelsior Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.14in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Excelsior Pass, the next 46 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Sat 5 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 5,363 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.9354° N
- Longitude
- 121.7943° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Excelsior Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station FW8870FW8870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.1 mi away/194 ft/5,169 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/22.0 mi away/46 ft/5,317 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/31.7 mi away/407 ft/4,956 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/35.2 mi away/157 ft/5,206 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Glacier 0.1 SWWA-WC-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.6 mi away/908 ft/4,455 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Upper Baker DamUBKW1
At a dam/20.1 mi away/719 ft/4,644 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Upper Baker Dam (UBKW1), 20.1 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 Excelsior Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Glaciercommunity, 7 mi
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 8 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 13 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 16 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 16 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 20 mi
- Demingcommunity, 21 mi
- Sumascity, 22 mi
- Nooksackcity, 24 mi
- Acmecommunity, 24 mi
- Eversoncity, 25 mi
- Concretetown, 28 mi
Mountain passes near Excelsior Pass
- Welcome Pass4 mi
- Gold Run Pass6 mi
- Low Pass7 mi
- High Pass7 mi
- Austin Pass8 mi
- Skagway Pass8 mi
- Coal Pass9 mi
- Mamie Pass9 mi