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Birney, Montana

Community in Rosebud County, Montana

Air quality

The air at Birney

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Sheridan (WY), 48 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)1Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Birney

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Birney, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 12 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Birney, MontanaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Birney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 14.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Badger PeakBAFM8

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.2 mi away/4,193 ft/1,099 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank234of 1,053

ColstripM46

At an airfield/32.4 mi away/3,425 ft/331 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1,036of 1,053

measured daily2 instruments

Lame Deer 7.9 WSWMT-BH-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.0 mi away/3,433 ft/339 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ColstripCOLM8

At a cooperative observer's station/34.1 mi away/3,225 ft/131 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Colstrip, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 32.4 mi from Birney, Montana. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Colstrip, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M46FIG. A THE SKY OVER COLSTRIPSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEColstrip, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS M46TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M46-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

31.0 F with a dew point of 23.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Colstrip: temperature 31.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M46FIG. B THE AIR AT COLSTRIPTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.3 FTEMPERATURE 31.0 FDEW POINT 23.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEColstrip, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS M46TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M46-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Colstrip, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 12 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT M46FIG. C THE WIND AT COLSTRIPPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEColstrip, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS M46TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-M46-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Colstrip, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Montana

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Near Birney

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