Wells Creek SnotelWCSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/8.3 mi away/4,030 ft/1,419 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Gold Run Pass
Gold Run Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 5,449 ft46°
61°/43°
Clear·
Feels like 43°·Light breeze 6 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM, the chance peaking at 90% around 6 AM.
Now. Gold Run Pass is 46° and clear at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 43°. The dew point is 27°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 50°, and the coolest Monday, near 45°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%). Rain is possible Thursday (49%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 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 47 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
47Air quality
47%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
46feels43
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6143
83%
Sat
Oct 17
4640
90%
Sun
Oct 18
4632
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4535
13%
Tue
Oct 20
4733
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
5034
11%
Thu
Oct 22
4537
49%
46°
61°43°
46°40°
46°32°
45°35°
47°33°
50°34°
45°37°
As of 2:00 AM in Gold Run Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Gold Run Pass
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 37 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 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gold Run Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.19 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
- 0.19in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Gold Run 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
- 5,449 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.9540° N
- Longitude
- 121.6651° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Gold Run Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8870FW8870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.1 mi away/194 ft/5,255 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/27.6 mi away/46 ft/5,403 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/30.4 mi away/407 ft/5,042 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Glacier 0.1 SWWA-WC-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.6 mi away/908 ft/4,541 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Upper Baker DamUBKW1
At a dam/20.9 mi away/719 ft/4,730 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), 20.9 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 Gold Run Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 7 mi
- Glaciercommunity, 13 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 15 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 19 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 22 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 22 mi
- Demingcommunity, 27 mi
- Sumascity, 27 mi
- Concretetown, 29 mi
- Acmecommunity, 30 mi
- Nooksackcity, 30 mi
- Marblemountcommunity, 31 mi
Mountain passes near Gold Run Pass
- Low Pass1 mi
- High Pass1 mi
- Skagway Pass2 mi
- Welcome Pass3 mi
- Mamie Pass4 mi
- Excelsior Pass6 mi
- Austin Pass7 mi
- Hannegan Pass8 mi