Storm Station

Mountain Pass, Texas

Mountain pass in Taylor County, Texas, at 2,226 ft
72° 82°/71°
Mostly clear· Feels like 72°·Moderate breeze 18 mph S

Alert. A Flood Watch is in force for Mountain Pass until 1 AM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.

Now. Mountain Pass is 72° and mostly clear at 8:15 AM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Moderate breeze from the south at 18 mph, gusting to 35 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 68° by 8 AM, under cloud. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Friday, near 84°, and the coolest Saturday, near 71°. Rain is possible tomorrow (30%), Friday (34%) and Saturday (38%). The windiest day is Friday, with wind to 21 mph.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:26 PM. The Moon is a waning gibbous, 80% lit, and rises at 9:50 PM. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 53 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low
-Air quality
90%Humidity
49%Cloud
Now
8:15 AM
72feels72
18mph
now, mostly clear
Today
Sep 30
8271
57%
25mph
UV 6
drizzle light
Thu
Oct 1
8368
30%
13mph
UV 7
drizzle light
Fri
Oct 2
8467
34%
21mph
UV 7
drizzle light
Sat
Oct 3
7166
38%
16mph
drizzle
Sun
Oct 4
7665
24%
drizzle light
Mon
Oct 5
7766
10%
15mph
overcast
Tue
Oct 6
8063
UV 7
clear day
72°
82°71°
83°68°
84°67°
71°66°
76°65°
77°66°
80°63°

As of 8:15 AM in Mountain Pass, Texas.

Mountain pass

Height
2,226 ft
County
Taylor County
State
Texas
Latitude
32.3040° N
Longitude
100.0515° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Mountain Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Dyess AFB/AbileneDYS

At an airfield/14.0 mi away/1,788 ft/438 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Bronte 11 NNE03072

At a climate reference station/21.3 mi away/1,997 ft/229 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Bronte 11NNEBRQT2

At a river or reservoir gauge/21.6 mi away/1,982 ft/244 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Buffalo Gap 7.8 WSWTX-TY-21

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/2,086 ft/140 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Snow on the ground

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