Many Glacier SnotelMANM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.4 mi away/4,900 ft/2,764 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Piegan Pass
Piegan Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Glacier County, Montana, at 7,664 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°
41°/17°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 22°·Gentle breeze 8 mph SW
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for Piegan Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Piegan Pass is 30° and mostly clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 22°. The dew point is 20°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° 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 45°, and the coolest Sunday, near 39°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 23 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 51 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
66%Humidity
32%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
30feels22
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
4117
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
4327
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
4530
10%
23mph
Sun
Oct 18
3924
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
4524
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
4228
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
4124
11%
30°
41°17°
43°27°
45°30°
39°24°
45°24°
42°28°
41°24°
As of 10:00 PM in Piegan Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Piegan Pass
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 20 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 Piegan 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 Piegan Pass, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 6 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 6 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,664 ft
- County
- Glacier County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 48.7197° N
- Longitude
- 113.6887° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Piegan Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.4 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
St. Mary 1 SSW04130
At a climate reference station/11.9 mi away/4,555 ft/3,109 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
West Glacier US-2 MP 153.4MTWGL
Beside a road/20.6 mi away/3,241 ft/4,423 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW4174GW4174
In a volunteer observer's own ground/38.1 mi away/3,048 ft/4,616 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
KalispellGPI
At an airfield/38.9 mi away/2,979 ft/4,685 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
St. MaryMRYM8
At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/4,551 ft/3,113 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Whitefish 2.2 NEMT-FH-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.5 mi away/3,590 ft/4,074 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 Piegan Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Glacier National Parkfeature, 8 mi
- St. Marycommunity, 12 mi
- Babbcommunity, 16 mi
- West Glaciercommunity, 21 mi
- Pinnaclecommunity, 25 mi
- Coramcommunity, 26 mi
- Starr Schoolcommunity, 27 mi
- Polebridgecommunity, 27 mi
- Martin Citycommunity, 28 mi
- Hungry Horsecommunity, 29 mi
- East Glacier Park Villagecommunity, 29 mi
- Essexcommunity, 31 mi
Mountain passes near Piegan Pass
- Logan Pass2 mi
- Siyeh Pass3 mi
- Hidden Lake Pass3 mi
- Swiftcurrent Pass5 mi
- Comeau Pass8 mi
- Ahern Pass8 mi
- Gunsight Pass8 mi
- Lincoln Pass9 mi