Temperature
59 F at 9 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 27 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 59F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 27F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cut Bank International Airport, Montana
Medium airport in Glacier County, Montana* WHAT...Westerly winds 30 to 50 mph with gusts up to 85 mph possible. * WHERE...East Glacier Park Region Zone, and Eastern Glacier, Western Toole, and Central Pondera, Northern High Plains, Southern High Plains, and Southern Rocky Mountain Front. * WHEN...From 9 AM Saturday to midnight MDT Saturday Night. * IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Isolated instances of tree damage and or power outages are possible. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strong winds will also bring difficult conditions for outdoor recreation in portions of Glacier National Park, particularly over and near higher terrain on the eastern side of the Park.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
56°
69°/27°
Clear·
Feels like 56°·Moderate breeze 15 mph SW
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Cut Bank International Airport until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cut Bank International Airport is 56° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 20°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the southwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 48° by 3 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 68°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 32 mph. The first freeze could come Monday, a low of 30°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 day is 10 hours 48 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
22%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
56feels56
15mph
Today
Oct 16
6927
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
6843
32mph
Sun
Oct 18
5734
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5830
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5134
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5929
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6233
partly cloudy day
56°
69°27°
68°43°
57°34°
58°30°
51°34°
59°29°
62°33°
As of 10:00 PM in Cut Bank International Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Cut Bank International Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cut Bank (MT), 1 mile off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cut Bank International 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 Cut Bank International Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CTB
- ICAO
- KCTB
- IATA
- CTB
- Field elevation
- 3,854 ft
- Serves
- Cut Bank
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CTB
- Wind now
- From 260° at 16 mph, read 16 Oct, 21:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 63° / 243° | 15 mph head, on 23 | 5 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 5,300 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | 5 mph head, on 32 | 15 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cut Bank (AWOS) (CTB), Cut Bank International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 20 F, the air 22% saturated; the humidity ran from 15% at 1 PM to 92% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 20F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 22%
- Humidity, range
- 15 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the west southwest at 10 PM; at its strongest 30 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 43 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the west southwest
- Strongest
- 30mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 43mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.12 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.42 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.12inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.42inHg
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
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
Cut Bank (AWOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Cut Bank International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/3,855 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Blackfeet Agrimet Nr Seville ColonyBFAM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/3,894 ft/40 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Browning US-89MTBWG
Beside a road/28.0 mi away/4,403 ft/549 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Conrad Ag RcS2117
At a soil climate station/29.6 mi away/3,706 ft/148 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Cut Bank 0.6 WNWMT-GR-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/3,719 ft/135 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ShelbySLBM8
At a cooperative observer's station/25.0 mi away/3,278 ft/576 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 Shelby (SLBM8), 25.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cut Bank International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Little Browningcommunity, 1 mi
- Cut Bankcity, 3 mi
- Santa Ritacommunity, 7 mi
- Horizon Colonycommunity, 10 mi
- Hidden Lake Colonycommunity, 10 mi
- Seville Colonycommunity, 12 mi
- Glacier Colonycommunity, 17 mi
- Glendale Colonycommunity, 18 mi
- Zenith Colonycommunity, 18 mi
- Kevintown, 21 mi
- Kingsbury Colonycommunity, 22 mi
- Valiertown, 22 mi
Airports near Cut Bank International Airport
- Shelby AirportSBX, 24 mi
- Glacier Park International AirportGPI, 88 mi
- Great Falls International AirportGTF, 91 mi
- Fort Benton Airport79S, 96 mi
- Ronan Airport7S0, 107 mi
- Havre City County AirportHVR, 120 mi
- Helena Regional AirportHLN, 140 mi
- Plains AirportS34, 141 mi