Beaver Pass SnotelBVPW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/6.4 mi away/3,630 ft/2,767 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Picket Pass
Picket Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 6,397 ft34°
55°/31°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 27°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 90% around 6 AM.
Now. Picket Pass is 34° and partly cloudy at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 20°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 33° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 44°, and the coolest Thursday, near 39°. Rain is likely tomorrow (93%). Rain is possible Thursday (45%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 9:44 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
27Air quality
56%Humidity
42%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
34feels27
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
5531
60%
Sat
Oct 17
4032
93%
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
4221
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4024
13%
Tue
Oct 20
4224
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4423
14%
Thu
Oct 22
3926
45%
34°
55°31°
40°32°
42°21°
40°24°
42°24°
44°23°
39°26°
As of 12:00 AM in Picket Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Picket Pass
Index 27, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Darrington (WA), 40 miles off.
27Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 18, good.
GoodModerate
- 18YesterdayOct 14
- 33TodayOct 16
- 33SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Picket Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Picket Pass, the next 42 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 6,397 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.7935° N
- Longitude
- 121.3082° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Picket Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/18.5 mi away/407 ft/5,990 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
NewhalemNWMW1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/787 ft/5,610 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Marblemount 2.1 NEWA-SG-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.4 mi away/351 ft/6,046 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Newhalem (NWMW1), 8.5 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 Picket Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 5 mi
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 17 mi
- Marblemountcommunity, 19 mi
- Rockportcommunity, 25 mi
- Concretetown, 27 mi
- Glaciercommunity, 29 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 36 mi
- Hamiltontown, 36 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 39 mi
- Lymantown, 39 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 40 mi
- Darringtontown, 40 mi
Mountain passes near Picket Pass
- Jasper Pass4 mi
- Perfect Pass5 mi
- Whatcom Pass6 mi
- Triumph Pass6 mi
- Beaver Pass6 mi
- Phantom Pass9 mi
- Chilliwack Pass10 mi
- Hannegan Pass12 mi