Moss Peak SnotelMSPM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.7 mi away/6,780 ft/70 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Piper-Crow Pass
Now. Piper-Crow Pass is 30° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 25°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 20° 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 56°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 46°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 20°.
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 55 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Piper-Crow Pass, Montana.
Air quality
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Seeley Lake (MT), 37 miles off.
Yesterday measured 54, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Piper-Crow Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Moss Peak SnotelMSPM8
A snow pillow on a mountain/5.7 mi away/6,780 ft/70 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Ronanairport7S0
At an airfield/7.4 mi away/3,079 ft/3,771 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Swan Lake South MT-83 MP 47MTSWN
Beside a road/9.1 mi away/3,550 ft/3,300 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station EW6663EW6663
In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/2,929 ft/3,921 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Ronan 4.1 NEMT-LK-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.8 mi away/3,412 ft/3,438 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Polson Kerr DamKERM8
At a dam/14.6 mi away/2,733 ft/4,117 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Polson Kerr Dam (KERM8), 14.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 18:00. 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.