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At a river or reservoir gauge/13.1 mi away/5,344 ft/2,267 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Mountain passes/Montana/White River Pass
White River Pass, Montana
Mountain pass in Powell County, Montana, at 7,611 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.
26°
55°/23°
Clear·
Feels like 21°·Light breeze 4 mph SW
Alert. A High Wind Watch is in force for White River Pass until 12 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. White River Pass is 26° and clear at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 21°. The dew point is 17°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 54° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 34° by 2 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. Air quality is moderate (index 70): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 56°, and the coolest Sunday, near 49°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 52 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
70Air quality
68%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
26feels21
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
5523
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
5530
19mph
Sun
Oct 18
4926
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5627
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
5230
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
5027
17%
Thu
Oct 22
4927
14%
26°
55°23°
55°30°
49°26°
56°27°
52°30°
50°27°
49°27°
As of 3:00 AM in White River Pass, Montana.
Air quality
The air at White River Pass
Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Seeley Lake (MT), 32 miles off.
70Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)70Moderate-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 55, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 55YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at White River Pass
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 White River Pass, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 7,611 ft
- County
- Powell County
- State
- Montana
- Latitude
- 47.5780° N
- Longitude
- 113.1273° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest White River Pass, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Swan Lake South MT-83 MP 47MTSWN
Beside a road/29.3 mi away/3,550 ft/4,061 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Gibson LakeGDMM8
At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/4,751 ft/2,860 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Seeley Lake 1.2 EMT-MS-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.7 mi away/4,200 ft/3,411 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 White River Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Condoncommunity, 27 mi
- Seeley Lakecommunity, 33 mi
- Augustacommunity, 35 mi
- Gilmancommunity, 36 mi
- Ovandocommunity, 39 mi
- Swan Lakecommunity, 41 mi
- Kicking Horsecommunity, 44 mi
- Turtle Lakecommunity, 45 mi
- Finley Pointcommunity, 45 mi
- Rockport Colonycommunity, 45 mi
- Ronancity, 46 mi
- Miller Colonycommunity, 46 mi
Mountain passes near White River Pass
- Camp Creek Pass7 mi
- Larch Hill Pass11 mi
- Spotted Bear Pass11 mi
- Observation Pass16 mi
- Elbow Pass17 mi
- Hahn Creek Pass19 mi
- Gordon Pass20 mi
- Limestone Pass21 mi