At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/5,242 ft/815 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/Saint Paul Pass
Now. Saint Paul Pass is 30° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 55° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 29° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 74): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 52°, and the coolest Thursday, near 45°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:25 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.
As of 1:00 AM in Saint Paul Pass, Montana.
Air quality
Index 74, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Libby (MT), 22 miles off.
Yesterday measured 47, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 4 instruments nearest Saint Paul Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/5,242 ft/815 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Crystal Creek US-2 MP 53.1MTCRY
Beside a road/10.9 mi away/3,038 ft/3,019 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Noxon 4.2 WNWMT-SN-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/2,313 ft/3,744 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Trout Creek RsTCRM8
At a cooperative observer's station/14.5 mi away/2,444 ft/3,613 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Trout Creek Rs (TCRM8), 14.5 miles from here, read 9 Oct, 14:00. 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.