SummitSUMM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/5,217 ft/1,722 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Firebrand Pass
Firebrand Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Flathead County, Montana, at 6,939 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.
33°
55°/29°
Clear·
Feels like 24°·Gentle breeze 11 mph SSW
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for Firebrand Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Firebrand Pass is 33° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south-southwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 56°, and the coolest Sunday, near 48°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:13 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 50 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
0Air quality
64%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
33feels24
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5529
18mph
Sat
Oct 17
5538
29mph
Sun
Oct 18
4832
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5631
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5236
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5032
13%
Thu
Oct 22
4934
partly cloudy day
33°
55°29°
55°38°
48°32°
56°31°
52°36°
50°32°
49°34°
As of 3:00 AM in Firebrand Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Firebrand Pass
Index 0, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 31 miles off.
0Good
- Ozone0Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Firebrand Pass
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 Firebrand Pass, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 6,939 ft
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 48.3911° N
- Longitude
- 113.3390° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Firebrand Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Two Medicine Bridge US-2 MP 210. MT US MT DOTMTBRN
Beside a road/7.8 mi away/4,915 ft/2,024 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
St. Mary 1 SSW04130
At a climate reference station/24.5 mi away/4,555 ft/2,384 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW4174GW4174
In a volunteer observer's own ground/38.3 mi away/3,048 ft/3,891 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
East GlacierEGLM8
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/4,833 ft/2,106 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bigfork 3.2 ENEMT-FH-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.9 mi away/3,050 ft/3,889 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.
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Near Firebrand Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Glacier Park Villagecommunity, 7 mi
- Snowslipcommunity, 10 mi
- Pinnaclecommunity, 14 mi
- Essexcommunity, 15 mi
- Starr Schoolcommunity, 16 mi
- South Browningcommunity, 18 mi
- Browningtown, 19 mi
- North Browningcommunity, 19 mi
- St. Marycommunity, 24 mi
- Heart Buttecommunity, 24 mi
- Glacier National Parkfeature, 25 mi
- Blackfootcommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Firebrand Pass
- Two Medicine Pass4 mi
- Marias Pass5 mi
- Dawson Pass9 mi
- Pitamakan Pass10 mi
- Cut Bank Pass11 mi
- Surprise Pass12 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Pass14 mi
- Triple Divide Pass15 mi