Wells Creek SnotelWCSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/9.6 mi away/4,030 ft/1,228 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Skagway Pass
Skagway Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 5,258 ft46°
60°/43°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 42°·Light breeze 7 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM, the chance peaking at 83% around 6 AM.
Now. Skagway Pass is 46° and mostly clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 42°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 59° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 7 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 48°, and the coolest Thursday, near 43°. Rain is likely tomorrow (88%) and Thursday (51%). 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 48 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
49%Humidity
27%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
46feels42
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6043
81%
Sat
Oct 17
4641
88%
Sun
Oct 18
4632
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4535
21%
Tue
Oct 20
4634
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4834
19%
Thu
Oct 22
4336
51%
46°
60°43°
46°41°
46°32°
45°35°
46°34°
48°34°
43°36°
As of 12:00 AM in Skagway Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Skagway Pass
Index 41, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 39 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
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 Skagway Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.10 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
- 0.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Skagway Pass, the next 42 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Sat 9 AM, under a mile for 4 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 5,258 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.9540° N
- Longitude
- 121.6251° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Skagway Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station FW8870FW8870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.8 mi away/194 ft/5,064 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/29.5 mi away/46 ft/5,212 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/29.8 mi away/407 ft/4,851 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Glacier 0.1 SWWA-WC-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.3 mi away/908 ft/4,350 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Upper Baker DamUBKW1
At a dam/21.1 mi away/719 ft/4,539 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), 21.1 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 Skagway Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 7 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 14 mi
- Glaciercommunity, 14 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 21 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 23 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 24 mi
- Demingcommunity, 29 mi
- Sumascity, 29 mi
- Concretetown, 29 mi
- Marblemountcommunity, 30 mi
- Acmecommunity, 31 mi
- Nooksackcity, 32 mi
Mountain passes near Skagway Pass
- Low Pass1 mi
- High Pass2 mi
- Gold Run Pass2 mi
- Mamie Pass3 mi
- Welcome Pass4 mi
- Hannegan Pass6 mi
- Austin Pass8 mi
- Excelsior Pass8 mi