Wells Creek SnotelWCSW1
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.5 mi away/4,030 ft/1,114 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Washington/Welcome Pass
Welcome Pass, Washington
Mountain pass in Whatcom County, Washington, at 5,144 ft49°
61°/41°
Clear·
Feels like 46°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ENE
Coming up. Rain is likely Saturday night, from about 12 AM (84%).
Now. Welcome Pass is 49° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 46°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 45° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 61°, and the coolest Saturday, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (83%) and Saturday (89%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 33°.
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 51 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
54%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
49feels46
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
6141
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6145
83%
Sat
Oct 17
4642
89%
Sun
Oct 18
4733
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4636
22%
Tue
Oct 20
4735
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
4935
19%
49°
61°41°
61°45°
46°42°
47°33°
46°36°
47°35°
49°35°
As of 9:00 PM in Welcome Pass, Washington.
Air quality
The air at Welcome Pass
Index 36, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Bellingham (WA), 35 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.
GoodModerate
- 37YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Welcome Pass
None in the last 24 hours; 0.14 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.14in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Welcome Pass, the next 45 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
- 5,144 ft
- County
- Whatcom County
- State
- Washington
- Latitude
- 48.9271° N
- Longitude
- 121.7115° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Welcome Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station FW8870FW8870
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.5 mi away/194 ft/4,950 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/25.8 mi away/46 ft/5,098 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Darrington 21 NNE04223
At a climate reference station/29.5 mi away/407 ft/4,737 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/38.7 mi away/157 ft/4,987 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Glacier 0.1 SWWA-WC-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/908 ft/4,236 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Upper Baker DamUBKW1
At a dam/19.0 mi away/719 ft/4,425 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), 19.0 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 Welcome Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mt. Bakersurveyed ski area, 5 mi
- Glaciercommunity, 10 mi
- North Cascades National Parkfeature, 16 mi
- Maple Fallscommunity, 17 mi
- Kendallcommunity, 19 mi
- Peaceful Valleycommunity, 20 mi
- Demingcommunity, 24 mi
- Sumascity, 25 mi
- Acmecommunity, 27 mi
- Concretetown, 27 mi
- Nooksackcity, 28 mi
- Eversoncity, 29 mi
Mountain passes near Welcome Pass
- Gold Run Pass3 mi
- Excelsior Pass4 mi
- Low Pass4 mi
- High Pass4 mi
- Skagway Pass4 mi
- Austin Pass5 mi
- Mamie Pass6 mi
- Hannegan Pass9 mi