Two Medicine Bridge US-2 MP 210. MT US MT DOTMTBRN
Beside a road/12.9 mi away/4,915 ft/2,553 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Montana/Pitamakan Pass
Pitamakan Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Glacier County, Montana, at 7,468 ft* WHAT...Westerly winds 30 to 50 mph with gusts up to 85 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 9 AM Saturday to midnight MDT Saturday Night. * IMPACTS...Travel will 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 of Glacier National Park, particularly over and near higher terrain on the eastern side of the Park.
People are urged to secure loose objects that could be blown around or damaged by the wind.
46°
52°/27°
Clear·
Feels like 40°·Moderate breeze 15 mph SW
Alert. A High Wind Warning is in force for Pitamakan Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pitamakan Pass is 46° and clear at 12 PM. With the wind it feels like 40°. The dew point is 19°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the southwest at 15 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 51° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 37° by 3 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 53°, and the coolest Sunday, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 29 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 28°.
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 49 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
3UV Moderate
7Air quality
34%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
46feels40
15mph
Today
Oct 16
5227
19mph
Sat
Oct 17
5236
29mph
Sun
Oct 18
4528
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
5329
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
4833
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
4829
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
4732
12%
46°
52°27°
52°36°
45°28°
53°29°
48°33°
48°29°
47°32°
As of 12:00 PM in Pitamakan Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Pitamakan Pass
Index 7, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 PM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 24 miles off.
7Good
- Ozone7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 6 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pitamakan Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 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 Pitamakan Pass, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,468 ft
- County
- Glacier County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 48.5177° N
- Longitude
- 113.4587° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Pitamakan Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SummitSUMM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.7 mi away/5,217 ft/2,251 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
St. Mary 1 SSW04130
At a climate reference station/15.4 mi away/4,555 ft/2,913 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW4174GW4174
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.4 mi away/3,048 ft/4,420 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
KalispellGPI
At an airfield/39.8 mi away/2,979 ft/4,489 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
East GlacierEGLM8
At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/4,833 ft/2,635 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Columbia Falls 4.4 SMT-FH-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/36.0 mi away/3,071 ft/4,397 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 Pitamakan Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Glacier Park Villagecommunity, 12 mi
- Pinnaclecommunity, 14 mi
- St. Marycommunity, 15 mi
- Starr Schoolcommunity, 15 mi
- Glacier National Parkfeature, 15 mi
- Snowslipcommunity, 17 mi
- Essexcommunity, 18 mi
- North Browningcommunity, 20 mi
- South Browningcommunity, 20 mi
- Browningtown, 20 mi
- Babbcommunity, 24 mi
- West Glaciercommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Pitamakan Pass
- Cut Bank Passunder 1 mi
- Dawson Pass2 mi
- Triple Divide Pass5 mi
- Surprise Pass5 mi
- Two Medicine Pass7 mi
- Red Eagle Pass7 mi
- Firebrand Pass10 mi
- Gunsight Pass14 mi