Hoodoo Basin SnotelHOOM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/9.9 mi away/6,050 ft/685 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Chilcoot Pass
Now. Chilcoot Pass is 33° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 26°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 33°, 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 tomorrow, near 55°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 44°. 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 57 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Chilcoot Pass, Montana.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Missoula (MT), 42 miles off.
Yesterday measured 11, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Sat 12 AM.
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
The 6 instruments nearest Chilcoot Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Hoodoo Basin SnotelHOOM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/9.9 mi away/6,050 ft/685 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/26.5 mi away/3,002 ft/3,733 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW2298GW2298
In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.5 mi away/3,028 ft/3,707 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/38.3 mi away/3,189 ft/3,546 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Superior 5.6 SEMT-MN-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.2 mi away/2,802 ft/3,933 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lolo Hot SpringsLHSM8
At a cooperative observer's station/19.8 mi away/4,157 ft/2,578 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Lolo Hot Springs (LHSM8), 19.8 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 10:00. 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.