Flattop Mtn. SnotelFTMM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/4.3 mi away/6,300 ft/808 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Ahern Pass
Ahern Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Glacier County, Montana, at 7,108 ft* 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.
29°
42°/17°
Clear·
Feels like 22°·Light breeze 7 mph SW
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for Ahern Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Ahern Pass is 29° and clear at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 22°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 27° by 8 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 46°, and the coolest Sunday, near 40°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
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 52 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
75%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
29feels22
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
4217
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
4427
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
4630
12%
21mph
Sun
Oct 18
4024
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
4625
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
4329
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
4225
11%
29°
42°17°
44°27°
46°30°
40°24°
46°25°
43°29°
42°25°
As of 11:00 PM in Ahern Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Ahern Pass
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 24 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ahern Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 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 Ahern Pass, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,108 ft
- County
- Glacier County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 48.8219° N
- Longitude
- 113.7665° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Ahern Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
St. Mary 1 SSW04130
At a climate reference station/16.3 mi away/4,555 ft/2,553 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
West Glacier US-2 MP 153.4MTWGL
Beside a road/24.7 mi away/3,241 ft/3,867 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
St. MaryMRYM8
At a cooperative observer's station/16.2 mi away/4,551 ft/2,557 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Whitefish 2.2 NEMT-FH-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.3 mi away/3,590 ft/3,518 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Big Skysurveyed ski areaBillingscityBozemancityBridger Bowlsurveyed ski areaButtecityCooke CitytownDiscovery Ski Areaski areaFlathead LakefeatureGlacier National ParkfeatureGranite PeakfeatureGreat Divideski areaGreat FallscityHavrecityHelenacityKalispellcityMissoulacityMontana Snowbowlski areaRed Lodge Mountainski areaWest YellowstonetownWhitefish Mountainsurveyed ski area
Near Ahern Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Glacier National Parkfeature, 14 mi
- Babbcommunity, 15 mi
- St. Marycommunity, 16 mi
- Polebridgecommunity, 24 mi
- West Glaciercommunity, 25 mi
- Coramcommunity, 30 mi
- Martin Citycommunity, 32 mi
- Pinnaclecommunity, 33 mi
- Starr Schoolcommunity, 33 mi
- Hungry Horsecommunity, 33 mi
- Whitefish Mountainsurveyed ski area, 36 mi
- East Glacier Park Villagecommunity, 36 mi
Mountain passes near Ahern Pass
- Swiftcurrent Pass3 mi
- Redgap Pass5 mi
- Kootenai Pass6 mi
- Stoney Indian Pass6 mi
- Piegan Pass8 mi
- Gable Pass9 mi
- Logan Pass9 mi
- Siyeh Pass9 mi