Temperature
32 F at 3 AM; 52 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 31 F at its coolest, 2 AM.
- Now
- 32F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 52F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 31F
- 2 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Shelby Airport, Montana
Small airport in Toole County, Montana* WHAT...Westerly winds 30 to 50 mph with gusts up to 75 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 Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Travel could 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 Glacier National Park, particularly over and near higher terrain on the eastern side of the Park.
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.
33°
69°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 25°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SE
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for Shelby Airport until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Shelby Airport is 33° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 68° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 5 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 72°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 59°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph. Frost is possible Monday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:36 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:06 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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
17Air quality
82%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
33feels25
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
6928
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
7239
26mph
Sun
Oct 18
6039
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6036
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5939
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5937
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6337
partly cloudy day
33°
69°28°
72°39°
60°39°
60°36°
59°39°
59°37°
63°37°
As of 3:00 AM in Shelby Airport, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Shelby Airport
Index 17, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Cut Bank (MT), 23 miles off.
17Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Shelby Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. 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 Shelby Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 12 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SBX
- ICAO
- KSBX
- IATA
- SBX
- Field elevation
- 3,443 ft
- Serves
- Shelby
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SBX
- Wind now
- From 110° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:35
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,005 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 64° / 244° | 8 mph head, on 05 | 9 mph from the right |
| 11 / 29 | 3,701 ft | 60 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | 11 mph head, on 11 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Shelby (SBX), Shelby Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 32 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 1 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 32F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 39 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the east southeast at 3 AM; at its strongest 11 mph, 3 AM, with a gust of 17 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 3 AM
- Highest gust
- 17mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.50 inHg at 3 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.12 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.50inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.12inHg
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
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 5,500 ft at 8 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 5,500ft
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
Shelby: 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 Shelby 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 now4 instruments
ShelbySBX
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3,428 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Conrad Ag Rc ScanCOAM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.5 mi away/3,706 ft/263 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Conrad Ag RcS2117
At a soil climate station/16.5 mi away/3,706 ft/263 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Beside a road/17.4 mi away/3,668 ft/225 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Shelby 0.4 SWMT-TL-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/3,317 ft/126 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ShelbySLBM8
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/3,278 ft/165 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), 2.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Shelby Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Shelbycity, 2 mi
- Kevintown, 15 mi
- Camrose Colonycommunity, 20 mi
- Horizon Colonycommunity, 20 mi
- Cut Bankcity, 22 mi
- Little Browningcommunity, 23 mi
- Santa Ritacommunity, 23 mi
- Sunbursttown, 24 mi
- Valiertown, 24 mi
- Glacier Colonycommunity, 25 mi
- Conradcity, 26 mi
- Rimrock Colonycommunity, 27 mi
Airports near Shelby Airport
- Cut Bank International AirportCTB, 24 mi
- Fort Benton Airport79S, 74 mi
- Great Falls International AirportGTF, 77 mi
- Havre City County AirportHVR, 96 mi
- Glacier Park International AirportGPI, 110 mi
- Ronan Airport7S0, 123 mi
- Helena Regional AirportHLN, 134 mi
- Lewistown Municipal AirportLWT, 152 mi