At an airfield/0.4 mi away/3,189 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Now. Missoula Montana Airport is 39° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 33° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 67°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 32°.
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 south-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 56 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Missoula Montana Airport, Montana.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Missoula (MT), 6 miles off.
Yesterday measured 11, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 9,501 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 130° / 310° | Calm | Calm |
The 5 instruments nearest Missoula Montana Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/3,189 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/7.4 mi away/3,793 ft/587 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Finneys MeadowFINM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.0 mi away/4,410 ft/1,204 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Missoula 6 NW WfoMSOM8
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/3,199 ft/7 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Missoula 4.1 NWMT-MS-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/3,201 ft/5 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Missoula 6 NW Wfo (MSOM8), 0.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. measured daily
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.