Flattop Mtn. SnotelFTMM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/10.5 mi away/6,300 ft/263 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Jefferson Pass
Jefferson Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Glacier County, Montana, at 6,563 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.
30°
44°/19°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 25°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for Jefferson Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Jefferson Pass is 30° and mostly clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 6 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 49°, and the coolest Sunday, near 43°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 20 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 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
81%Humidity
34%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
30feels25
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
4419
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
4727
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
4931
11%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
4326
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
4826
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
4531
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
4427
10%
30°
44°19°
47°27°
49°31°
43°26°
48°26°
45°31°
44°27°
As of 10:00 PM in Jefferson Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Jefferson Pass
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 27 miles off.
15Good
- Ozone15Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Jefferson 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 Jefferson Pass, the next 45 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
- 6,563 ft
- County
- Glacier County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 48.8958° N
- Longitude
- 114.0376° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Jefferson Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
West Glacier US-2 MP 153.4MTWGL
Beside a road/27.9 mi away/3,241 ft/3,322 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
St. Mary 1 SSW04130
At a climate reference station/29.7 mi away/4,555 ft/2,008 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW7685GW7685
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.6 mi away/3,069 ft/3,494 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
West GlacierWGLM8
At a cooperative observer's station/27.4 mi away/3,205 ft/3,358 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Whitefish 2.2 NEMT-FH-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/33.9 mi away/3,590 ft/2,973 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at West Glacier (WGLM8), 27.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 16:00. measured daily
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 Jefferson Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Polebridgecommunity, 14 mi
- Glacier National Parkfeature, 23 mi
- Babbcommunity, 27 mi
- West Glaciercommunity, 28 mi
- St. Marycommunity, 30 mi
- Whitefish Mountainsurveyed ski area, 32 mi
- Coramcommunity, 32 mi
- Olneycommunity, 34 mi
- Martin Citycommunity, 35 mi
- Hungry Horsecommunity, 35 mi
- Whitefishcity, 36 mi
- Strykercommunity, 37 mi
Mountain passes near Jefferson Pass
- Brown Pass4 mi
- Boulder Pass5 mi
- Kootenai Pass7 mi
- Stoney Indian Pass8 mi
- Ahern Pass13 mi
- Swiftcurrent Pass15 mi
- Redgap Pass16 mi
- Gable Pass18 mi