Temperature
36 F at 9 PM; 48 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
- Now
- 36F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 48F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 9 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Poplar Muni Airport is 36° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 25° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 73°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 24°.
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 53 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Poplar Muni Airport, Montana.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,400 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | - | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Poplar (PO1), Poplar Muni Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
36 F at 9 PM; 48 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 9 PM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 30 F, the air 80% saturated; the humidity ran from 50% at 3 PM to 87% at 1 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the north northwest at 9 PM; at its strongest 27 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 40 mph at 12 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.69 inHg at 9 PM, rising 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.59 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 12 PM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,900 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Poplar: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Poplar Muni Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
PoplarPO1
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/2,024 ft/12 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/1,969 ft/67 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Wolf Point 29 ENE94060
At a climate reference station/11.9 mi away/2,085 ft/49 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Beside a road/24.0 mi away/2,684 ft/648 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Poplar River SitePRSM8
At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/2,060 ft/24 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Brockton 11.6 NMT-RT-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.3 mi away/2,119 ft/83 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.