Mowich SnotelMHSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.3 mi away/3,160 ft/2,017 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Ipsut Pass
Ipsut Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Pierce County, Washington, at 5,177 ft47°
61°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 42°·Gentle breeze 10 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 6 AM (66%).
Now. Ipsut Pass is 47° and clear at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 10 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 46°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 63°, and the coolest Monday, near 41°. Rain is likely Saturday (69%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
13Air quality
100%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
47feels42
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6141
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6345
22%
Sat
Oct 17
4637
69%
Sun
Oct 18
4729
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4132
16%
Tue
Oct 20
4431
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4932
mostly clear day
47°
61°41°
63°45°
46°37°
47°29°
41°32°
44°31°
49°32°
As of 8:00 PM in Ipsut Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Ipsut Pass
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cascades of East King County (WA), 14 miles off.
13Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.
GoodModerate
- 15YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 15
- 33FriOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ipsut Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.09in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Ipsut Pass, the next 46 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.5 miles Sat 7 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 5,177 ft
- County
- Pierce County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 46.9507° N
- Longitude
- 121.8676° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Ipsut Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW1022GW1022
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.9 mi away/778 ft/4,399 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PuyallupPLU
At an airfield/22.4 mi away/538 ft/4,639 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Auburn C StTABRN
Beside a road/29.8 mi away/82 ft/5,095 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rainier Paradise Ranger STNASFW1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/5,436 ft/259 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wilkeson 0.2 NWWA-PR-84
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.9 mi away/785 ft/4,392 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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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 Ipsut Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mount Rainierfeature, 9 mi
- Carbonadotown, 12 mi
- Wilkesontown, 14 mi
- Ashfordcommunity, 15 mi
- Crockercommunity, 16 mi
- Buckleycity, 16 mi
- South Prairietown, 17 mi
- Greenwatercommunity, 17 mi
- Kapowsincommunity, 18 mi
- Enumclawcity, 18 mi
- Prairie Heightscommunity, 18 mi
- Crystal Mountainsurveyed ski area, 19 mi
Mountain passes near Ipsut Pass
- Knapsack Pass2 mi
- Saint Elmo Pass8 mi
- Round Pass10 mi
- Haller Pass13 mi
- Cayuse Pass17 mi
- Chinook Pass17 mi
- Corral Pass19 mi
- Blue Bell Pass20 mi