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Bert Mooney Airport, Montana

Medium airport in Silver Bow County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Bert Mooney Airport

Index 45, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Helena (MT), 50 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)45Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bert Mooney Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Bert Mooney Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

SatSun

Airfield

Code
BTM
ICAO
KBTM
IATA
BTM
Field elevation
5,550 ft
Serves
Butte
Kind
Medium airport
Scheduled service
Yes
Its own instrument
BTM
Wind now
Calm, read 16 Oct, 21:53

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
12 / 305,100 ft75 ftAsphalt128° / 308°CalmCalm
15 / 339,000 ft150 ftAsphalt167° / 347°CalmCalm
123015332,500 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from Butte/Bert Mooney (BTM), Bert Mooney Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

41 F at 9 PM; 64 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 24 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
41F
9 PM
Highest
64F
4 PM
Lowest
24F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at Butte/Bert Mooney, temperature from 24.0 to 64.0, the latest 41.0; dew point from 22.0 to 33.0, the latest 30.0, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 30 F, the air 65% saturated; the humidity ran from 25% at 3 PM to 96% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
30F
9 PM
Humidity now
65%
Humidity, range
25 to 96%
Relative humidity at Butte/Bert Mooney, relative humidity from 25 to 96, the latest 65, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%20406080100Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

2 mph from the south southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 6 PM, and no gust reported.

Now
2mph
from the south southeast
Strongest
6mph
6 PM
Highest gust
-
none reported
Wind at Butte/Bert Mooney, wind from 0 to 6, the latest 2, in miles an hour.WINDmph02468Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM
Wind direction at Butte/Bert Mooney, wind direction from 10 to 310, the latest 150, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.40 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.29 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.40inHg
10 PM
3 hours
-0.01inHg
steady
24 hours
-0.29inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Butte/Bert Mooney, pressure, altimeter from 30.40 to 30.69, the latest 30.40, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.3030.4030.5030.6030.70Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Butte/Bert Mooney, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 163 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

Butte/Bert Mooney: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bert Mooney Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Butte/Bert MooneyBTM

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/5,545 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Homestake PassMTHOM

Beside a road/5.2 mi away/6,342 ft/792 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Basin Creek SnotelBSCM8

A snow pillow on a mountain/10.9 mi away/7,180 ft/1,630 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Butte 2.8 SEMT-SB-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/5,508 ft/42 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Butte - Montana TechMTTM8

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/5,767 ft/217 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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