Essex US-2 MP 179.9MTESX
Beside a road/14.3 mi away/3,848 ft/1,891 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Mountain passes/Montana/Surprise Pass
Surprise Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Flathead County, Montana, at 5,739 ft36°
50°/24°
Clear·
Feels like 32°·Light breeze 5 mph SSW
Now. Surprise Pass is 36° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 32°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 58°, and the coolest Sunday, near 51°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Saturday, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come Monday, a low of 32°.
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
17Air quality
75%Humidity
10%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
36feels32
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
5024
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
5633
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
5738
25mph
Sun
Oct 18
5133
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5832
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5336
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5132
14%
36°
50°24°
56°33°
57°38°
51°33°
58°32°
53°36°
51°32°
As of 9:00 PM in Surprise Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at Surprise Pass
Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Glacier National Park (MT), 20 miles off.
17Good
- Ozone17Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 16, good.
GoodModerate
- 16YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Surprise Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Surprise Pass, the next 46 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
- 5,739 ft
- County
- Flathead County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 48.4864° N
- Longitude
- 113.5548° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Surprise Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SummitSUMM8
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.9 mi away/5,217 ft/522 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
St. Mary 1 SSW04130
At a climate reference station/18.4 mi away/4,555 ft/1,184 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Citizen station GW4174GW4174
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.5 mi away/3,048 ft/2,691 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
KalispellGPI
At an airfield/34.9 mi away/2,979 ft/2,760 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
East GlacierEGLM8
At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/4,833 ft/906 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Columbia Falls 4.4 SMT-FH-33
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.1 mi away/3,071 ft/2,668 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 Surprise Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pinnaclecommunity, 10 mi
- Glacier National Parkfeature, 13 mi
- Essexcommunity, 15 mi
- East Glacier Park Villagecommunity, 16 mi
- Snowslipcommunity, 16 mi
- St. Marycommunity, 18 mi
- Starr Schoolcommunity, 20 mi
- West Glaciercommunity, 20 mi
- Coramcommunity, 23 mi
- Martin Citycommunity, 23 mi
- Hungry Horsecommunity, 24 mi
- South Browningcommunity, 25 mi
Mountain passes near Surprise Pass
- Dawson Pass4 mi
- Cut Bank Pass4 mi
- Pitamakan Pass5 mi
- Triple Divide Pass6 mi
- Red Eagle Pass6 mi
- Two Medicine Pass7 mi
- Firebrand Pass12 mi
- Gunsight Pass12 mi