Mowich SnotelMHSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.2 mi away/3,160 ft/2,915 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Knapsack Pass
Knapsack Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Pierce County, Washington, at 6,075 ft44°
58°/39°
Clear·
Feels like 38°·Gentle breeze 11 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday morning, from about 6 AM (65%).
Now. Knapsack Pass is 44° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 44°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 11 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 44°, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 60°, and the coolest Monday, near 38°. Rain is likely Saturday (69%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 27°.
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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
17Air quality
100%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
44feels38
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5839
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6043
20%
Sat
Oct 17
4235
69%
Sun
Oct 18
4427
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
3830
16%
Tue
Oct 20
4129
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4630
mostly clear day
44°
58°39°
60°43°
42°35°
44°27°
38°30°
41°29°
46°30°
As of 10:00 PM in Knapsack Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Knapsack Pass
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Cascades of East King County (WA), 15 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone-46 ppb11.8 mi
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 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Knapsack 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 Knapsack Pass, the next 44 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
- 6,075 ft
- County
- Pierce County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 46.9351° N
- Longitude
- 121.8423° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Knapsack 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 now4 instruments
Citizen station GW1022GW1022
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.5 mi away/778 ft/5,297 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PuyallupPLU
At an airfield/24.0 mi away/538 ft/5,537 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
White PassTWHIT
Beside a road/29.7 mi away/4,478 ft/1,597 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rainier Paradise Ranger STNASFW1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.3 mi away/5,436 ft/639 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Wilkeson 0.2 NWWA-PR-84
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.5 mi away/785 ft/5,290 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 Knapsack Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mount Rainierfeature, 7 mi
- Carbonadotown, 14 mi
- Ashfordcommunity, 15 mi
- Wilkesontown, 15 mi
- Crockercommunity, 17 mi
- Crystal Mountainsurveyed ski area, 17 mi
- Greenwatercommunity, 17 mi
- Buckleycity, 18 mi
- South Prairietown, 18 mi
- Kapowsincommunity, 19 mi
- Enumclawcity, 20 mi
- Prairie Heightscommunity, 20 mi
Mountain passes near Knapsack Pass
- Ipsut Pass2 mi
- Saint Elmo Pass7 mi
- Round Pass10 mi
- Haller Pass13 mi
- Cayuse Pass15 mi
- Chinook Pass16 mi
- Blue Bell Pass18 mi
- Scout Pass18 mi