Wells Creek SnotelWCSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/9.3 mi away/4,030 ft/1,616 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Low Pass
Low Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 5,646 ft44°
60°/42°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 41°·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. Low Pass is 44° and mostly clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 58° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 41° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 49°, and the coolest Monday, near 44°. Rain is likely tomorrow (90%). Rain is possible Thursday (49%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
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 48 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
47%Humidity
29%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
44feels41
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6042
82%
Sat
Oct 17
4539
90%
Sun
Oct 18
4531
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4434
12%
Tue
Oct 20
4632
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4933
11%
Thu
Oct 22
4436
49%
44°
60°42°
45°39°
45°31°
44°34°
46°32°
49°33°
44°36°
As of 3:00 AM in Low Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Low Pass
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 38 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
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 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Low Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 1.15 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 1.15in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Low Pass, the next 45 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
- 5,646 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.9626° N
- Longitude
- 121.6460° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Low Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8870FW8870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.1 mi away/194 ft/5,452 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/28.5 mi away/46 ft/5,600 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/30.7 mi away/407 ft/5,239 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Glacier 0.1 SWWA-WC-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.6 mi away/908 ft/4,738 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Upper Baker DamUBKW1
At a dam/21.5 mi away/719 ft/4,927 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), 21.5 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 Low Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 7 mi
- Glaciercommunity, 14 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 15 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 20 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 23 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 23 mi
- Sumascity, 28 mi
- Demingcommunity, 28 mi
- Concretetown, 30 mi
- Acmecommunity, 31 mi
- Nooksackcity, 31 mi
- Marblemountcommunity, 31 mi
Mountain passes near Low Pass
- High Passunder 1 mi
- Gold Run Pass1 mi
- Skagway Pass1 mi
- Welcome Pass4 mi
- Mamie Pass4 mi
- Excelsior Pass7 mi
- Hannegan Pass7 mi
- Austin Pass8 mi