Saint Ignatius, Montana Weather StationUSBR-SIGM
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Elk Pass
Elk Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Sanders County, Montana, at 4,056 ft* WHAT...Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Flathead/Mission Valleys. * WHEN...From 2 PM to 7 PM MDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds and rough waves can overturn small craft.
44°
66°/31°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 41°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Elk Pass until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Elk Pass is 44° and mostly clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 41°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 39° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 65°, and the coolest Sunday, near 57°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
21Air quality
92%Humidity
16%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
44feels41
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 16
6631
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6539
12mph
Sun
Oct 18
5735
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6335
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5738
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5936
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
5837
23%
44°
66°31°
65°39°
57°35°
63°35°
57°38°
59°36°
58°37°
As of 10:00 PM in Elk Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Elk Pass
Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Missoula (MT), 33 miles off.
21Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good19.8 mi
- Ozone5Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 22, good.
GoodModerate
- 22YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Elk Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Elk Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 4,056 ft
- County
- Sanders County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 47.3027° N
- Longitude
- 114.2229° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Elk Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Ronanairport7S0
At an airfield/19.2 mi away/3,079 ft/977 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW2298GW2298
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.6 mi away/3,028 ft/1,028 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/20.1 mi away/3,793 ft/263 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Saint IgnatiusSTIM8
At a cooperative observer's station/5.9 mi away/2,927 ft/1,129 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Arlee 16.7 WNWMT-SN-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/2,940 ft/1,116 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Montana
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Elk Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Ravallicommunity, 3 mi
- Old Agencycommunity, 4 mi
- Dixoncommunity, 5 mi
- St. Ignatiustown, 6 mi
- Charlocommunity, 10 mi
- Arleecommunity, 12 mi
- Kicking Horsecommunity, 13 mi
- Ronancity, 16 mi
- Evarocommunity, 17 mi
- Husoncommunity, 19 mi
- Frenchtowncommunity, 19 mi
- Pablocommunity, 21 mi
Mountain passes near Elk Pass
- Getaway Pass2 mi
- Vacation Pass15 mi
- Freeman Pass16 mi
- Eagle Pass16 mi
- Lone Tree Pass16 mi
- Pass of the Winds16 mi
- Goat Pass17 mi
- Elk Pass18 mi